How to Use cargo in a Sentence

cargo

noun

• The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
• The cargo area inside the trunk may not rival that of a hatchback or crossover, but the rear seats fold to expand the space back there.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 21 Nov. 2022
• The backup of cargo ships off the port of Los Angeles and Long Beach has been cleared.
  — Paul Wiseman, ajc, 10 Nov. 2022
• Trompe l’oeil effects are also applied to leather, including a leather jacket printed to look like a cargo jacket.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
• Not so far away, a hearse had waited, discreetly yet visibly, with its cargo of something strewn with flowers, for its moment to creep round and pull up.
  — Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
• Most airlines no longer accept pets traveling as cargo, but Alaska Airlines still does.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
• Police said the driver of the cargo van stayed on the scene and cooperated with officers for the investigation.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2022
• Passenger and cargo space are the same as the normal Civic hatchback, which should make the Civic Type R a great dual-purpose car.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2022
• Any Escalade is a boss Escalade, after all, what with its vast passenger and cargo space, elephant-as-ballerina-road manners and handling and its up-to-date tech.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic in March.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022
• The wave-free beach where each view of the ocean must include a cargo ship or an oil well.
  — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
• Corsets and pants — whether cargo style or low-slung — were a major trend in the early 2000s.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• The third row can be folded down to create a large cargo area.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• Gaspare hops aboard a cargo ship in East Asia that’s bound for South Africa.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 13 Feb. 2023
• Donley’s purview skews toward the macros — the trunks, the trucks, the carriage of cargo across a network of crews and depots.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• The cargo area offers 20 cubic feet of space with the rear seats up, 55 cubic feet.
  — James Raia, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
• Doc had been waiting at the motel for about six hours when a cargo van pulled up.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• The cargo rate from St. Louis southward is now up 77% above the three-year average.
  — Scott McFetridge, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• Five armed men fled the cargo ship by small boat but were later captured.
  — Max Colchester, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
• One of her looks features a shearling trench, cargo shorts, and a pair of slip-on UGGs.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 5 Sep. 2023
• The amount of land set aside for cargo storage has almost doubled in size since the turn of the century.
  — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
• And that rear seat can be folded flat to produce the same whopping 50 cubic feet of cargo room as in the five-door.
  — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
• The Impreza’s rear seat/cargo room is also bigger than the Mazda to hold more Paynes and their stuff.
  — cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• But the consequences may still be widespread due to the sheer amount of cargo involved.
  — Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
• The precious cargo was shipped from Tampa and picked up at O’Hare by Sattler.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• The aircraft, called Alia, has a 50-foot-long wing, seats for two pilots up front, and cargo space behind them.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
• For comparison, the Bolt EV held five in its cargo area and maxed out at 16 with its back seats stowed.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023
• The port’s recovery is being led in large part by roll-on, roll-off cargo.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
• Styling-wise, wear with Tibi’s dark-wash cargo jeans and COS’s baby blue turtleneck.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023
• Shields reduce the amount of heat passing from the truck's engine to the cargo hold, which can reach 140 degrees Fahrenheit on a hot day.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 14 June 2023

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024