Word.ws English Dictionary

How to use station in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Station means a regular stopping place for ground transportation. Example: “The next station is Esperanza.”

Examples of station by meaning

nounA regular stopping place for ground transportation.

  • The next station is Esperanza.

nounA ground transportation depot.

  • It's right across from the bus station.

nounA place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.

  • From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor.
  • All ships are on station, Admiral.
  • To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night.1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days

nounA place where some object is provided.

  • Collect a knife and fork from the cutlery station on the way to your table.

nounA gas station, service station.

  • In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity.2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012

nounAn official building from which police or firefighters operate.

  • The police station is opposite the fire station.

nounA place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.

  • The waitress was at her station preparing three checks.
  • The station is part of a group of stations run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

nounA military base.

  • She had a boyfriend at the station.
  • The dynamic tests at Wildenrath use continuous test tracks built on the site of a former Royal Air Force station that was vacated after the end of the Cold War.2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “New Piccadilly Line trains put to the test”, in RAIL, number 997, page 26

More sentences with station

  • The shuttle bus runs to the airport on a half-hourly basis from the central station.From the entry shuttle
  • During the war, his grandmother had worked at the Bletchley Park decoding station as a calculator.From the entry calculator
  • One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station.From the entry broken
  • I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.From the entry leave
  • Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.From the entry then
  • For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.From the entry report
  • We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.From the entry by
  • The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.From the entry wire
  • I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.From the entry quick
  • My mobile phone can't get a signal in the railway station.From the entry signal
  • Could you please repeat your last transmission? Another station was doubling with you.From the entry double
  • The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.From the entry local
  • The nearest train station is 15 minutes away. I think we take the bus lah, hor?From the entry lah
  • This train will be going out of service at the next station.From the entry out of
  • It all went off when the opposing teams' fans met at the railway station.From the entry go off
  • On alighting at the station, we were all herded over the footbridge and through a side exit.From the entry herd
  • The train was gapped just outside the station, and passengers were stranded for nearly two hours.From the entry gap
  • I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.From the entry slice
  • He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car.From the entry kindly
  • A bus bridge is being put in place for the stations affected by the recent train derailment.From the entry bus bridge
  • He drove directly to the office, and didn't stop off at the petrol station.From the entry directly
  • He came out of the station and took some time to orientate himself.From the entry orientate
  • I am obliged to report to the police station every week.From the entry oblige
  • Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.From the entry interfere
  • He was so scared he freaking ran into a police station.From the entry freaking
  • Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines.From the entry interchange
  • With the new antenna, I can pick up stations all the way from Omaha.From the entry pick up
  • The suspect was given in charge and taken to the police station.From the entry in charge

Meaning of station

  1. noun A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
  2. noun A ground transportation depot.
  3. noun A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.

Full definition of station

Questions about station in a sentence

How do you use station in a sentence?
Station is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The next station is Esperanza.”
What is a short sentence with station?
“The next station is Esperanza.”
What does station mean?
Station means a regular stopping place for ground transportation.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: station (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “How to use station in a sentence.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sentences/station. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.