What is "commuter"

Usage examples of "commuter".

At Victoria he made his way through the homebound commuters and reached the racks of grey metal lockers, locating number 12 at the end nearest the platforms.

Every tourist, commuter, and visitor in the city would be there, alongwith a lot of frightened Manhattanites pretending to be from out of town, all of them waiting their turn for a medical or fighting for a seat on one of the buses leaving the city, with the police and National Guard trying to keep order.

Below in the dark street he saw two very early commuters, briefcases swinging in wide arcs, as they stepped out purposefully to catch the next train.

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.

Bouyed by the crosswinds, Meadows fell slowly through the starry sky - fell and fell - and laughed, until he smashed thunderously through the glass canopy of the station roof amid hordes of homegoing commuters.

Market in the artificial day, jammed into the crowded spaceport tram with Elsevier and Silky and a rubber-legged Cress, and enough surly commuters to populate an island.

Below the postmodern fripperies of its entrance, down in the railway station at its base, a train discharged its next batch of commuters.

Often a group of meerkats will take the stance collectively, standing in a huddle and gazing in the same direction, looking like commuters waiting for a bus.

Lumbering through the commuters streaming towards the platforms or standing in mesmerised groups staring at the departure indicators, he went past the bookstall and some girls selling nuts and then he was below the clock.