bridge

[brɪdʒ]

Definition:
1. A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
2. A thing that provides a connection or contact between two different things.

Use 'bridge' in a sentence:

• 1. Think carefully before you resign ─ you don't want to burn your bridges.
• 2. It was the world's longest bridge.
• 3. The bridge is reinforced with huge steel girders.
• 4. That bridge is too weak for heavy traffic.
• 5. Work on the bridge will recommence next month.
• 6. The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment.
• 7. Repairs are necessary to strengthen the bridge.
• 8. The bridge was taken down piece by piece.
• 9. The bridge collapsed without (any) warning.
• 10. The water sloshed around the bridge.
• 11. A small wooden bridge straddled the dike.
• 12. I traversed the narrow pedestrian bridge.
• 13. Fork right after the bridge.
• 14. The central portion of the bridge collapsed.
• 15. I skirted around the field and crossed the bridge.
• 16. We crossed the bridge over the river Windrush.
• 17. There's a bridge a mile down the river from here.
• 18. The bridge crosses the river in a single span.
• 19. The supports under the bridge were starting to bend.
• 20. The island is joined to the mainland by a bridge.
• 21. Bus services will be disrupted tomorrow because of the bridge closure.
• 22. The guerrillas ambushed them near the bridge.
• 23. The new bridge has been finished two years ahead of schedule.
• 24. A road bridge has to carry a lot of traffic.
• 25. The bridge is still not paying its way.
• 26. The bridge will remain closed until essential repair work has been carried out.
• 27. The bridge was destroyed so we couldn't get across the river.
• 28. Where's the nearest bridge across the river?
• 29. The bridge was opened by the Queen.
• 30. We'll head them off at the bridge!
• 31. Only light vehicles are allowed over the old bridge.
• 32. A train trundled across the bridge.
• 33. The bomber scored a direct hit on the bridge.
• 34. The road forks right after the bridge.
• 35. When was the bridge constructed?
• 36. The bus hit the bridge.
• 37. People streamed across the bridge.
• 38. The bridge collapsed without warning.
• 39. The bridge is a triumph of modern engineering.
• 40. Work on the new bridge is due to begin in September.
• 41. The work of building the bridge took six months.
• 42. Cultural exchanges are a way of building bridges between countries.
• 43. I declare this bridge open.
• 44. A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed.