How to Use ship in a Sentence

ship

1 of 2 noun
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  • He will travel by ship.
  • And though the ship was small, the food was a big highlight.
    — Mariette Williams, Essence, 19 July 2023
  • Since then, the ship has remained at the bottom of the lake.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Along the way, the ship will overnight in Rome, Cairo, and Istanbul.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The ship ran aground near the southeast point of Green Island.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • For Black Friday, enjoy 60% off and the first box ships free.
    — Donna Kim, Bon Appétit, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The ship has the classic Viking ship design, with one major sail and a long curved hull.
    — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
  • It was offered as a topping at the waffle station on the ship in the form of curled cones of cheese.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Firefighters boarded the ship and went to the 10th or 11th floor to extinguish the flames.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN, 7 July 2023
  • More news to know now An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food has set sail from Cyprus to Gaza.
    — USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
  • And Trivedi isn’t the first high-ranking Googler to jump ship for Snap in recent months.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The duo hijacks the fastest ship in the British fleet and sets sail for the Isla de Muerta, where the pirates hope to break their curse.
    — Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
  • Her sailors tried in vain to keep the Yorktown afloat, but the ship sank on the morning of June 7, killing 141 officers and crew.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The ship was greeted by about 300 friends and family members, the Navy said.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In the 248-year history of the United States Navy, there has never been a mutiny aboard one of its ships.
    — Gerard Helferich, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Greek authorities sent the first ship, the tanker Lucky Sailor, to give the migrants food and water.
    — Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • From one of the ship’s drain holes, a steaming pink sludge cascades into the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean.
    — Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The earliest ship to dock in Milwaukee did so in May in 2023.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • About two weeks later, Whittlesey jumped to his death from the deck of a civilian ship.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Especially on our bridges–where the captain steers the ship.
    — Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The construction workers were on break at the time of the collapse and had been sitting in their trucks to warm up when the ship smashed into the bridge.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
  • As ever, a ship’s port of call may determine dress norms.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 7 July 2023
  • British sailors overtook the ship, imprisoned its captain and crew and seized the cargo.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Then in 2018, two bright pink dolphins were filmed swimming alongside a ship in the channel.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2023
  • To him, any piece of a ship is a telltale: How it was constructed speaks volumes about where and when a ship was built.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 9 July 2023
  • Trade your resources for ships, pirate lairs, and more while avoiding the spooky Ghost Captain.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But any damage to the Russian ship, the Pavel Derzhavin, remained unclear on Friday.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • By comparison, the U.S. Navy is nowhere near achieving its goal of 381 ships.
    — Robert C. O'Brien, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
  • They can be fitted to the deck of new or existing cargo ships and fold away neatly when not in use.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2023
  • To recover the sub, without the Soviets knowing, the U.S. needed a new deep sea ship.
    — Kathryn Fink, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
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ship

2 of 2 verb
  • The goods were shipped from a foreign port.
  • The software will ship next month.
  • The soldiers were shipped overseas for duty.
  • The company will ship its new software next month.
  • When the waves increased, the boat began shipping water.
  • Your order is expected to ship soon.
  • The peel-and-stick tiles are easy to have shipped right to your door—and even easier to install.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Much of the volume of all of these commodities is shipped via Black Sea ports.
    — Sal Gilbertie, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Duracell says that was a quirk of my unit, though, and should be fixed in the ones shipping now.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The company will ship it right to their doorstep on your behalf.
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The storms are also a major hazard for shipping on the Great Lakes.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • These will be shipped to a cryobank at ZooParc de Beauval in France.
    — Matjaž Krivic, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Goods will be frozen and shipped from Seattle on an air cargo plane.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Apple will aim to ship as soon as 2019, one report claims.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Netflix has shipped more than 5 billion DVD and Blu-ray rentals over that time.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
  • In many cases, shipping alone often costs more than the items can be resold for.
    — Heather Hoover-Salomon, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • And with the exception of some ground beef, sausages and larger roasts, meats are shipped fresh and never frozen.
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Last year, new iPhones no longer shipped with the Lightning port that Apple had been using for more than a decade.
    — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Many cast iron makers pre-season pans before they're shipped to store or to you.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
  • While fans can expect the cardigan to ship on or about Dec. 15, the website notes that delays may occur.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The more specific, the better as ‘manufactured in the US’ might mean that the hemp is grown in China then shipped over.
    — Chrono Therapeutics, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The sneakers will randomly ship one of the two new variations to customers.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The first entails packaging up the 3D printer and shipping it back, just like a return.
    — Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia’s war matters to the world.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • Few things, other than the coffee drinks brewed from superb Pergamino beans shipped fresh from Colombia, are prepared from scratch in the kitchen.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • In the early two-thousands, Nvidia shipped a faulty graphics card with a loud, overactive fan.
    — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Subscriptions appear to start at $17 per shipment for a 12-ounce bag, which can be shipped every one to four weeks.
    — Jamie Ballard, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This bed-in-a-box is compressed and shipped straight to your door for free, and our testers and panelists say delivery is a breeze and setup is simple.
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 9 June 2023
  • The Odesa region's ports were key to last year's international agreement that let Ukraine and Russia ship their grain to the rest of the world.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Supplies from the bishops’ storehouse in Honolulu have been shipped to Maui.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023

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