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How to use tunnel in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Tunnel means an underground or underwater passage. Example: “From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.”

Examples of tunnel by meaning

nounAn underground or underwater passage.

  • In 1865 an outfit called the East London Railway Company bought the Brunel tunnel for £800,000, and in 1869 they opened a railway through it.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 90

nounA passage through or under some obstacle.

  • But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New...
  • We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world."1957 May, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350
  • There are more than 1,500 railway tunnels in Britain and the majority are still in use, carrying working tracks beneath Britain's most inconvenient geographic features.2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 42

nounAnything that resembles a tunnel.

  • Especially in the Eden Valley, trees create what is almost a green tunnel (particularly in summer).2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 43

verbTo make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.

  • The 1955 Act gave powers for compulsory acquisition of "easements", or permission to tunnel beneath dwelling houses instead of, as had previously been necessary, following approximately the course of surface roads.1962 October, “London gets its Victoria tube”, in Modern Railways, page 258

More sentences with tunnel

  • From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.From the entry car
  • The wood porch was a honeycomb of termite tunnels before we replaced it.From the entry honeycomb
  • There is an underground tunnel that takes you across the river.From the entry underground
  • You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.From the entry inventory
  • After Mark fell victim to tunnel vision, nothing you could say to him would change his mind.From the entry tunnel vision
  • He played that rhythm game so much he got carpal tunnel.From the entry carpal tunnel
  • We need to do some wind tunnel testing before this project is formally approved.From the entry wind tunnel testing
  • You drive nails into wood with any hammer; it's not as strenuous as driving a tunnel through the rock.From the entry drive
  • The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.From the entry escape
  • There is a tunnel under the English Channel.From the entry under
  • The tunnel goes underground at this point.From the entry underground
  • Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike.From the entry disrupt
  • The prisoners gained their liberty from an underground tunnel.From the entry liberty
  • We couldn't get past the cave-in blocking the tunnel.From the entry cave-in
  • Some people experience tunnel vision during a panic attack.From the entry tunnel vision
  • She led us through the tunnels for some time, until at length we reached a small door in the rock.From the entry at length
  • A demonlike monster chased them down the tunnel.From the entry demonlike
  • Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil.From the entry tiger beetle
  • The train came roaringly out of the tunnel.From the entry roaringly
  • The train went through the tunnel.From the entry go through
  • Each luminarium is an original design. The principal difference between the different luminaria is found in the rendering of the domes and in the layout of the tunnels.From the entry luminarium
  • Though I knew we shouldn't be there, she pulled me out of the tunnel and into the dark layup, its floors still grubby from the morning commute many hours ago.From the entry layup
  • An opportunity for a blooding emerged when a hidden tunnel was discovered in a courtyard.2026 April 7, Michael Bachelard, “Kill boards, trophy hunting and 'blooding': What courts have already heard about Ben Roberts-Smith's…. From the entry blood
  • These holes or vents slow the build-up of pressure created by trains within the tunnels.2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33. From the entry porous portal
  • It stretched from one side of the tunnel to the other, floor to ceiling, barring further passage.2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 22 May 2024. From the entry metric
  • The Mishepeshu were said to have used their tunnels to travel between the lakes and their islands.2023 October 10, HarryBlank, “The Cruelest Fight”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024. From the entry ipso facto
  • And because the tunnel is dead straight, it's perfect for reaching high speeds.2023 November 29, Peter Plisner, “The winds of change in Catesby Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 997, page 56. From the entry dead
  • There is, too, a little mentioned aspect of the tunnel which contributes to its failings.2023 December 27, Christian Wolmar, “Hope springs eternal for greater use of the Channel Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 999, page 26. From the entry import
  • The smaller cross-passages between the two running tunnels are for use in emergencies.2023 December 13, “Network News: HS2 makes good progress on emergency cross-passages... and continues tunnelling from Old Oak Common to…. From the entry mini excavator
  • It is traditional to have such shrines on every tunnel site.2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41. From the entry shrine
  • "Going to W12 gauge requires some significant work in those tunnels.2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “Trans-Pennine... transformative”, in RAIL, number 970, page 40. From the entry slab-track
  • The current scheme is showing that we're going to slab-track both of those tunnels.2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “Trans-Pennine... transformative”, in RAIL, number 970, page 40. From the entry slab-track
  • I could imagine how it would feel sliding in and out of my love tunnel.2021, Sophie Palmer, Hot Wife: Collection of Explicit Erotic Short Stories. From the entry love tunnel
  • "HS2's London tunnels will help ensure many homes and habitats in the capital remain undisturbed.2020 October 21, “Network News: London tunnel contracts awarded with work to start in 2022”, in Rail, pages 12–13. From the entry environmentally friendly

Meaning of tunnel

  1. noun An underground or underwater passage.
  2. noun A passage through or under some obstacle.
  3. noun A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.

Full definition of tunnel

Questions about tunnel in a sentence

How do you use tunnel in a sentence?
Tunnel is used as a noun and verb. For example: “From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.”
What is a short sentence with tunnel?
“The train went through the tunnel.”
What does tunnel mean?
Tunnel means an underground or underwater passage.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tunnel (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.

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