How to Use fleet in a Sentence

fleet

1 of 3 noun
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  • The company has a large fleet of delivery trucks.
  • He was the commander of the Pacific fleet.
  • This is not the first time a criminal’s fleet has been seized and used for good, of course.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Those norms will be set by the nations that go to the Moon and then send a fleet of spacecraft over time.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
  • This order will double the airline’s fleet over the next decade.
    — Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The airline hopes to retrofit its entire mainline fleet by the end of 2026.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
  • Iran will soon receive the first batch of a new fleet of Russian fighter jets.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
  • Finally, stay in one of the Iconic Suites, the largest in the Celebrity fleet, for the ultimate splurge.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2024
  • As of Monday, his fuel was gone and his fleet grounded.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Since the crash, the cause of which remains unknown, the entire fleet of Taipans, has been grounded, according to the AP.
    — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Smaller fleets dock in the heart of town, making exploration easy.
    — Maridel Reyes, Women's Health, 6 June 2023
  • Even against some of the toughest ships of Moscow’s Black Sea fleet, the drones have proved their effectiveness.
    — Joseph Ataman, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
  • As new car sales rebound, the average age of the US’s fleet will diminish once again.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 15 May 2023
  • There are few details about the actual design of the Sirius fleet.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024
  • My fleets blot out the sun and bathe their world in ominous darkness, all in a lead-up to the activation of my deadly weapon.
    — WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The current fleet will all get two fans per van after the contract is ratified.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 June 2023
  • The commander of the Russian fleet was, however, shown in video a day after Ukraine claimed he had been killed.
    — Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • This has made the country’s drone fleet more predictable, with less variation in tactics and type.
    — Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • In July, Amazon announced that its fleet was 5,000-strong; now it's doubled in size.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The regulations have triggered a run on diesel rigs as carriers add to their fleets ahead of the Jan. 1 bar against new diesel trucks at ports.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • This is the second time Tesla has had to issue a software fix to its entire fleet in recent months.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Buses: For anywhere Madrid's dozen or so metro and light rail lines can't take you, the city operates a fleet of more than 2,000 buses.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The fleet patrols a 48 million-square-mile area that covers parts of the Pacific and Indian oceans.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Large orders will be delivered by a fleet of drones, the companies say.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
  • But in August, the company cut its Bay Area fleet by 50% after two accidents on the same day.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The infants who were evacuated to Egypt on Monday were received by a fleet of medics.
    — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • In 1853, following two centuries of near complete isolation, a fleet of U.S. Navy ships forced Japan to open to trade at the point of a cannon.
    — Chris Cameron, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The Russian fleet headquarters was badly damaged in the attack.
    — Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The government relies on the animals to fill gaps in its own vehicle fleet.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Its fleet of cargo planes will simply give it a strategic advantage.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
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fleet

2 of 3 adjective
  • While Onyewu and Elliott aren't the fleetest of foot, both are rarely out of position.
    — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 19 May 2017
  • Receiver Jaylen Erwin on Sunday didn’t list Allen among the fleetest players on the team.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2019
  • The mano-a-mano match race finals, in which one yacht might simply sail away from the other and on to victory, might not be as thrilling as fleet races, which have multiple boats jostling in tight quarters.
    — Luke O'Brien, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2013
  • In fast and fleet fashion, Pohjonen zipped through the outer movements, producing a good deal of color and subtly underlining the score's jazz elements.
    — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 5 May 2017
  • Burns thinks his company can compete for a share of the electric vehicle market by being quicker to adjust to new technology and by targeting commercial, fleet customers who want more than what conventional trucks can supply.
    — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • While Onyewu and Elliott aren't the fleetest of foot, both are rarely out of position.
    — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 19 May 2017
  • Receiver Jaylen Erwin on Sunday didn’t list Allen among the fleetest players on the team.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2019
  • The mano-a-mano match race finals, in which one yacht might simply sail away from the other and on to victory, might not be as thrilling as fleet races, which have multiple boats jostling in tight quarters.
    — Luke O'Brien, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2013
  • In fast and fleet fashion, Pohjonen zipped through the outer movements, producing a good deal of color and subtly underlining the score's jazz elements.
    — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 5 May 2017
  • Burns thinks his company can compete for a share of the electric vehicle market by being quicker to adjust to new technology and by targeting commercial, fleet customers who want more than what conventional trucks can supply.
    — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • While Onyewu and Elliott aren't the fleetest of foot, both are rarely out of position.
    — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 19 May 2017
  • Receiver Jaylen Erwin on Sunday didn’t list Allen among the fleetest players on the team.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2019
  • The mano-a-mano match race finals, in which one yacht might simply sail away from the other and on to victory, might not be as thrilling as fleet races, which have multiple boats jostling in tight quarters.
    — Luke O'Brien, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2013
  • In fast and fleet fashion, Pohjonen zipped through the outer movements, producing a good deal of color and subtly underlining the score's jazz elements.
    — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 5 May 2017
  • Burns thinks his company can compete for a share of the electric vehicle market by being quicker to adjust to new technology and by targeting commercial, fleet customers who want more than what conventional trucks can supply.
    — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
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fleet

3 of 3 verb
  • And youth and beauty, all of these things are fleeting.
    — Laura Cohen, Redbook, 17 June 2017
  • The winds that cleared much of that haze Thursday and Friday were fleeting.
    — Matt Day, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
  • While some of them are fleeting, others last for weeks.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 18 June 2019
  • Or fleeting protection from the ire of Trump’s fan base.
    — Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2017
  • Retail sales plunged 10.5%, while sales to fleet customers were flat.
    — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 2 May 2017
  • Because these good times are fleeting, and that plate of food is getting cold.
    — Laura Neilson, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Of course, Ireland knows that success is fleeting in the NFL, and praise one year can turn into calls to be fired the next.
    — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • A 14 percent slide in sales to fleet customers drove Ford’s decline.
    — Jamie Butters, Bloomberg.com, 3 July 2017
  • Some of the sports in this nearly 100-year history have been fleeting.
    — Author: Tik Root, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2018
  • It was originally promised to fleet customers early this year and to others by the end of the year.
    — Annie White, Car and Driver, 8 June 2021
  • But amid the mess, there were gems -- fleeting moments where the weird-but-good ratio landed just right.
    — Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2019
  • There's always a sense too that this magical world is fleeting as the miles tick by.
    — Katie Walsh, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2017
  • Any clouds are fleeting as highs rise to the mid-70s, with some upper 70s intermixed.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The cruise line unveiled two new specialty suites this week that will be rolled out to fleet members Star Breeze and Star Pride.
    — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Those ooh-look-at-me cookies are an easy pleasure, a hard sugar high fast and fleeting.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The costs of the monarchy are considerable; the gains fleeting, mythical or the stuff of PR fantasies.
    — Graham Smith, Time, 18 May 2018
  • Though the show was fleeting, her bold look was certainly one to be remembered.
    — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Your face in the cloud Means privacy is fleetingTime to get offline?
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 19 July 2019
  • Even three years later, in the area where his truck was recovered, phone service is fleeting.
    — Jason Pohl, azcentral, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Sometimes happiness can seem like fleeting moments, but this one has been staying in the same lane for a long time.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2018
  • Stardom in the music business is fleeting to put it kindly.
    — The Aegis, 13 July 2018
  • This one fleeting glance has a gentle sense of pride that permeates the layers of fabric and fellow sailors.
    — Kristen McNicholas, National Geographic, 2 Aug. 2019
  • But his greatness was fleeting; Murray's was far lengthier, and more consistent: 41 weeks at No. 1 in the heart of the Big 3 era!
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 3 July 2019
  • But such opportunities could be fleeting for many in the field.
    — Steve Peoples, The Denver Post, 16 July 2019
  • Though that celebrity is fleeting, and though it's tied to an outrageous (sometimes ridiculous) stunt, the team learn to revel in it.
    — Kevin Warwick, Chicago Reader, 22 Mar. 2018
  • And a lucky glimpse of their bushy tail skimming over cactuses and creosote bushes is fleeting.
    — Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Some have also questioned how fleeting this new role might be: As the AI advances, won’t the humans just be training themselves out of a job?
    — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The Berkeley Charter boats fleet fished Central Bay for bass and halibut or ran outside to hook into limits of salmon.
    — Sacbee, sacbee.com, 3 July 2017
  • Some of the yellow cardinals have been observed over several months, while some of the sightings have been fleeting.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The good times were fleeting since Alabama intercepted four passes in the game.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 24 Nov. 2019

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