How to Use crate in a Sentence

crate

1 of 2 noun

• The bear arrived at the zoo in a crate.
• One day the old crate just wouldn't start.
• They used a crate of oranges to make enough juice for everyone.
• Each milk crate holds nine bottles.
• Many of the 146 dogs were found confined to their crates.
  — Diane Smith, The Enquirer, 20 June 2023
• This could be a crate, bed, or simply a spot in the corner of the room.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• The couple hid the crate in the closet beneath the stairwell.
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 June 2023
• One of the rhinos started to bang against the crate, bored and restless.
  — Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
• At the edge of a bed of kelp in Monterey Bay, Hazan and two other staffers heaved the crates to the edge of the boat.
  — Dino Grandoni and Melina Mara, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2023
• One roach was moving on the floor next to the stove; another on a wood crate in front of the stove.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• The thieves placed Dundee’s medication, which was on the floorboard in front of the crate, in the glove box.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• This was gifted to us in exchange for a milk crate of deer meat.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2022
• In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
• These shelters ask people to bring shot records, food, and a crate.
  — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
• The grill consists of a base with the propane burner, lava rocks, a cooking crate, and a wok.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
• The premiere episode features a closeup on a crate: Reg. U.S. Pat.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• When the crate arrived at Still’s office, it was sawed open, and Brown fainted.
  — Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022
• The holy grail gift for new puppies (and their parents): a durable yet inviting crate.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Dec. 2022
• What is the difference between dog pens and dog crates?
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• In another area, pop-up crates for dogs were stacked on wheels.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• Others climbed on top of crates used to transfer equipment to see the final play.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• The pandas had been loaded into large white crates away from the public view.
  — Ashraf Khalil, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
• Send a crate of sweet Valentine sentiments for all to share.
  — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• The shelf below doubles as storage for pots and pans, and stays stylish with a distressed wood crate.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2023
• Keep whole garlic bulbs in mesh bags, a basket, or a crate in your pantry or a dark cupboard.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
• Her 16-year-old son grabbed the crate carrying their two puppies.
  — Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
• As historians know, the blowing up of a crate of disco records led to a riot on the field.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
• Cameras rolled as the LSU coach opened the door to a crate and the majestic eagle took flight and landed in a nearby tree.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2024
• Mikki and Punch will be transported to the sanctuary in large crates.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
• For example, the ARK once received a group of venomous reptiles for shipment, stored in crates, that had flown in from another country.
  — Claire Fahy, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024

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crate

2 of 2 verb

• The equipment was crated today and will be shipped tomorrow.
• Wingshooters at the end of the day often gather around the truck to case the guns and crate the dogs.
  — Field & Stream, 30 July 2020
• Wire crates are the most popular type of home crate for those who crate train their dog.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 8 Apr. 2020
• Next, the engine is balanced, then crated up and sent over to PMC to be installed in a car.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2020
• So my son asked his sister to please crate the dog when his children (the 4-year-old and a 2-year-old) were to be in her home.
  — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 6 May 2018
• Works are crated, unpacked, installed, sold (or not), and shipped out to the buyer.
  — Vulture, 5 June 2023
• Keep in mind that even an adult dog ideally won’t be crated for too long.
  — Chrissy Patterson, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
• One airline suggests crating it, putting the crate in your car, then driving through a carwash, to prepare for what the trip might be like.
  — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
• One theory holds that reducing stimuli at night might work, but she wasn't sold on the idea of crating him in the dark for hours.
  — Author: Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2018
• Pets must be on a leash or crated while on hotel property.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 29 Mar. 2023
• Remain conscientious when crating them for the first time in extreme heat and, Catchings says, let the dogs pile into the truck with you and the A/C on the way home.
  — Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
• After a half-hour of waiting to see a doctor, Becky grew concerned about the couple’s dogs, who had been crated for more than 13 hours.
  — Sandra G. Boodman, sacbee.com, 19 June 2017
• My father had much of his wine crated and packed into a horse van, and driven more than six hundred miles south on I-95, and then west on I-20 to Aiken.
  — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
• Once on the ground, the supplies were unloaded and the animals were crated, then carried on board and strapped into seats.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2018
• The clinic is open to both dogs and cats, who must be appropriately leashed or crated.
  — Courant Community, 16 May 2017
• However, some homeowners prefer a wood dog crate for in the house, using it both as a decoration and a place to crate their dog.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 8 Apr. 2020
• The network also has a handy site called VinylHub, which is like Discogs but cataloging record shops and keeping track of events near and dear to crate diggers everywhere.
  — Marc Schneider, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2017
• There are many reasons that crate training has become more commonplace.
  — Chrissy Patterson, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
• That means, possums, raccoons and other small mammals will get crated and placed in a large staff conference room inside a concrete building at the front of the park.
  — Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• Fun flight, optimistic future Since being crated crazed Sophia, Jackie Evans let the boxer sit by her.
  — Amy McRary, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018
• For more information, the Humane Society has a very helpful guide to crate training.
  — Medea Giordano, Wired, 4 June 2020
• As fighting intensified, the Germans dismantled the room and crated it up.
  — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2020
• For most retrospective exhibits, artists will borrow artwork from collectors and pay to have the work crated and shipped to the museum.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
• But that didn’t stop an ambitious thief from crating himself up and shipping himself airmail.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 24 May 2017
• Monkeys and birds prove to be the most troubling to crate, while herding large animals into hurricane-code shelters runs much smoother, Hinson said.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Mar. 2021
• More high-value ornaments—the ones that get prime, outer-tree placement in the winter—are bubble wrapped and crated until next October.
  — Robert Khederian, Town & Country, 13 Dec. 2018
• Every single thing has been saved including the original plaster walls, They are crated in plywood and have been removed whole.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• Pets must be under owner supervision at all times and can only be left unattended at the hotel if they are crated.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 29 Mar. 2023
• Theirs is land that has not been conquered, a nation that has attuned them to hardship and the hope that the Taliban and the government will peacefully coexist after U.S. troops crate their weapons, fold their banners and leave.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2020
• Cities often have an interest in crating rules tailored to their communities.
  — Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 13 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024