How to Use unload in a Sentence

unload

verb
Definition of unloadnext
Synonyms for unloadnext
  • It took four hours to unload the truck.
  • Could you help me unload the car?
  • I have to unload the groceries.
  • She unloaded a huge amount of stock when prices fell.
  • After the ship docked, they unloaded its cargo.
  • The train made several stops to unload passengers.
  • Most ships unload at another dock now.
  • Rumor has it that the manager wants to unload him. Maybe he'll be traded to another team.
  • These are the workers who load and unload ships at the port.
    — Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
  • This is the signal that the bus is stopped to load or unload children.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
  • May walked out of the home as the truck was being unloaded.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Stretch can reach up to 10 feet inside of a truck to pick up and unload boxes up to 50 pounds each.
    — Sebastian Herrera, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
  • There are a lot of trailers out there that need to be unloaded.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But Philippe won’t have to make landfall in order to unload strong wind gusts and heavy rain.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The Angels shortstop unloaded on the first pitch out of Black’s hand, placing it on the berm beyond the left-field wall.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The move to unload so many shows at Showtime comes as the premium cabler is set to move under the purview of Paramount+.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Crews worked through the afternoon to unload fuel from the overturned tank, Boyd said.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Early in that summer of 1990, my mother came home and asked Lex and me to unload something from the back of her minivan.
    — WIRED, 14 June 2023
  • With time and a one-of-a-kind convertible on their hands, the drivers unloaded the car for a joyride on the then-new LA freeways.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The gun was legally registered and unloaded in the back of the car, and Bonds had informed the officer about it during the stop.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Agility said its robot will move, load and unload totes in the Salem factory.
    — Mike Rogoway | Mrogoway@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The alternative is to unload the trains in Melitopol, load up trucks and drive the supplies west to Kherson.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Protasiewicz’s campaign has spent the most in that time frame, unloading over $10.6 million on ads.
    — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Drivers are not paid while sitting in traffic or waiting for a customer to unload the haul from the truck.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2022
  • In the evening, the military said its cargo had been unloaded onto 12 trucks.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
  • In the meantime, visitors to the landfill have the option to unload reusable items in the drop-off area beside the entry gate.
    — Marjorie Kirk, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The couple began unloading food and other items from their Hyundai Elantra.
    — Sara-Megan Walsh, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • In Dunai, the ships have unloaded their cargo while next to a military vessel.
    — Joyce Lee, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Parsons saw the clip and unloaded on Scott on social media.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The ports became so congested during the Covid-19 pandemic-era buying spree that dozens of ships were forced to wait weeks at a time to unload at the ports.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022

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