Examples of “station” in a Sentence

noun A regular stopping place for trains, buses, or other transportation.

• The bus station is a ten-minute walk from our hotel.
• Please meet me outside the station, near the ticket machines, at six.
• We waited at the station for the next train to arrive.

noun A place equipped and assigned for a particular purpose or job, such as a police station or gas station.

• The petrol station on the corner stays open all night.
• The nearest fire station is just two blocks away.
• She set up her workstation by the window.

noun A company or channel that broadcasts radio or television.

• My grandfather listens to the same radio station every morning while he makes tea.
• The television station apologized after a technical fault interrupted the evening film.
• The local news station covered the story all evening.

verb To assign someone to a particular place to carry out a job or duty.

• The company has stationed a guard at the main gate every night.
• She was stationed in a small coastal town for her first nursing job.
• The soldiers were stationed at a base overseas for a year.