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noun

queue

CEFR B1

a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

In a sentence

Six example sentences with queue, each labelled with its topic.

  • The queue for passport control snaked twice around the hall, and our connection left before we reached the desk.

    Travel

  • Two hundred players stood in the queue outside the convention hall waiting for a turn at the demo cabinet.

    Gaming

  • By seven the queue outside the dumpling window ran past the bike racks and around the corner.

    Cooking

  • The queue for playoff tickets wrapped around the arena by dawn, and fans brought folding chairs and thermoses of coffee.

    Basketball

  • Under price controls a queue formed outside every bakery, since bread cost less than it took to make and shelves emptied by nine.

    Economics

  • The premiere queue stretched down the boulevard, with fans in costume hoping for a glimpse of the cast.

    Movies

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