What is "commuters"

Usage examples of "commuters".

American Eagle, the commuter airline of American Airlines, which like all commuters, these days is now adding jets to its fleets for flights of under two hours.

Station was jammed with frantic commuters, all of whom seemed to be late.

They foresee a day when the cute little tram is packed to the gills with commuters and shoppers.

In a sensible world, suburban commuters would abandon their gas-guzzling cars for an inexpensive, hassle-free train ride.

As we moved down the crowded platform, I noticed that most of the rush-hour commuters were dressed too warmly for the underground air, but seemed too tired to do anything but sweat.

As the train travelled on through the darkness, she felt anxious in case other drunken youths or girls came roistering down the coach, but her fellow passengers were quiet, most of them late commuters going home.

I learn that he is actually a pilot, for American Airlines--or more precisely American Eagle, the commuter airline of American Airlines, which like all commuters, these days is now adding jets to its fleets for flights of under two hours.

But if this trainful of people weren't commuters, then what were they?

While the rest of the world carries onmillions of people jostling on city streets, dolphins panicking in tuna nets, elephants falling to the poachers' spray of machine gun fire, hands raised in the stock exchanges of Paris, New York, Tokyo, students in ten thousand classrooms listening, lovers writhing, merchants hawking, insects rubbingwhile all of my friends go about their day, and presidents sign bills into law, and consumers consume, and commuters commute.