How to Use freighter in a Sentence

freighter

noun

• Many freighters ply the gulf, heading to and from the Great Lakes.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 24 Aug. 2017
• Papa loved the sound of freighter horns as ships passed Algonac.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2021
• Hard to turn around the freighter of a losing NFL franchise.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• An inbound French freighter, the Mont-Blanc, couldn’t get out of its way.
  — Marc Wortman, Smithsonian, 14 July 2017
• Most of that type of aircraft have been altered to freighters, the group says.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
• Yes, the 747 will continue to fly as a freighter for many years to come.
  — John Cox, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• When a freighter is in town, Acela wakes up early to open the shop and spends most of each day at the dock.
  — Rowan Moore Gerety, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• Bruce Atkins, a member of the freighter’s crew, later told NPR that the storm came out of nowhere.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
• The 86 migrants from that freighter were picked up by the Coast Guard cutter Tahoma.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 14 Mar. 2018
• The orbit had to be adjusted by the thrusters of the Progress MS-18 space freighter, which is docked to the station.
  — Zahra Ullah, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
• As spring warms up, the freighters have returned to crisscrossing the Great Lakes.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• No freighter horns this morning on the St. Clair River.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2021
• Once the man and his watercraft were safely aboard the freighter, the Coast Guard stood down, Haraf said.
  — Adelie Bergstrom, Twin Cities, 16 July 2019
• The ministry did not say what the freighter was carrying.
  — John Leicester, ajc, 22 June 2022
• The tiny tugboat is no match for the massive freighter, and the two vessels collide.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
• Han’s estranged dad worked the line at the plant on Corellia where YT-1300 freighters like the Falcon were built.
  — Dan Gvozden, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2018
• Each Hulett had a bucket that could lift 17 tons of iron ore out of a freighter’s hold in a single bite.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 18 Aug. 2019
• And from the darkness of the Cuyahoga River beyond, a freighter blares its horn.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
• Carman then contacted the US Coast Guard from the freighter.
  — Laura Ly, CNN, 15 June 2023
• Later, after a brief rest, Nathan stood on the deck of the freighter, staring out across the ocean for more than two hours.
  — James D. Walsh, Daily Intelligencer, 23 Jan. 2018
• Behind the porch, four sunny rooms span the front of the house and share the same panorama of water, freighters and sailboats.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2017
• After the collapse, the freighter remained stuck beneath the bridge, with part of the roadway on its bow.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• In one video, he can be heard shouting toward the freighter to ask if anyone was hurt.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 May 2024
• Taking the long way around Africa adds about 10 days to a typical freighter’s time at sea.
  — Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2021
• For instance, the logo for the new Merwin's Wharf restaurant shows a freighter in the water.
  — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 26 Dec. 2017
• The wreck of the S.S. Norwich City, a freighter which ran aground in 1929, divides the reef between the northern tip of the island and the opening to the lagoon.
  — Rachel Hartigan Shea, National Geographic, 23 Aug. 2019
• The tanker had been adrift and ablaze after crashing into the freighter CF Crystal on Jan. 6.
  — Author: Chen Aizhu, Muyu Xu, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Jan. 2018
• The Ship Many freighters that call at the port rival the height of skyscrapers in length and take several days to unload.
  — Zoie Matthew, Los Angeles Magazine, 16 Mar. 2018
• The plot revolved around the freighter crew making its way to the Others’ barracks, demanding that Ben Linus be released to them.
  — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 July 2024
• Related:Why do freighters keep getting stuck in Detroit, St. Clair rivers?
  — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024