How to Use haul in a Sentence

haul

1 of 2 verb

• The car was hauled away to the junkyard.
• They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
• They hauled her off to court.
• The cattle were hauled by rail.
• The company has a fleet of trucks that are used to haul freight.
• She hauled herself to her feet and limped home.
• I'm tired of hauling this heavy camera around with me.
• We used buckets to haul water up from the river.
• The prisoner was hauled away in handcuffs.
• Guests don’t have to haul rafts and tubes up the stairs of slides; a conveyor belt does it for them.
  — Marjie Lambert, miamiherald, 16 June 2017
• For most us, that means there’s no reason to haul water like a cargo ship on a trans-Atlantic voyage.
  — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit, 6 Apr. 2017
• For a former church that lost its bell tower and stained glass windows and was hauled across the neighborhood to a new site in the late 1960s, that sort of criteria doesn’t bode well.
  — Eric Kurhi, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2017
• The library-on-wheels is a bright green electric bike with a yellow book trailer hitched to the back that can haul 25-50 pounds of books and other materials.
  — Victoria Kezra, The Mercury News, 2 June 2017
• More than 230 truckloads of debris have been hauled out as of Monday, according to the governor's office.
  — Blake Nicholson, Tampa Bay Times, 21 Feb. 2017
• The physical receiver hauled in seven touchdowns in just nine games.
  — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 17 May 2017
• In a radio interview in 2013, Weston described plans for an airship that could be used to haul cargo.
  — Ashlee Vance, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• Wagons had to haul all this material through the muddy fens and glens of the Scotch lowland to an assembly point just beyond bowshot range on the plain below the castle wall.
  — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
• In return, Negan hauled Eugene off to the Sanctuary as his newest prisoner.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 24 Feb. 2017
• He was taken into custody on the spot and hauled to the county jail down the road to wait until federal immigration officials arrived.
  — Amanda Sakuma, The Intercept, 8 May 2017
• Hauling water from the nearest major river—the Cauvery, 53 miles to the south—is a formidable and inefficient affair.
  — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 2 May 2017
• Brandon Russell and a friend came to the Keys in late May loaded for bear in a car hauling cargo that included guns, military fatigues, a skull mask and homemade detonators.
  — David Goodhue, miamiherald, 15 June 2017
• The big gains come as Amazon is laying the groundwork to add even more of its own delivery capacity, with ambitions of one day hauling packages for itself as well as other retailers and consumers.
  — Paul Page, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2017
• Some undocumented immigrants have crossed into the United States crowded into containers hauled by tractor trailers or concealed in the trunks of cars.
  — Alfonso Chardy, miamiherald, 15 May 2017
• Armada and his son, A.T., accusing them of hauling cars illegally.
  — Clare Ansberry, WSJ, 8 May 2017
• The car was hauled away to the junkyard.
• They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
• They hauled her off to court.
• The cattle were hauled by rail.
• The company has a fleet of trucks that are used to haul freight.
• She hauled herself to her feet and limped home.

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haul

2 of 2 noun

• It's just a short haul from our cabin to the beach.
• Authorities seized the drugs in one of the biggest drug hauls in the history of the county.
• The kids always collect a substantial haul of candy on Halloween.
• Then there was the free agent haul to bolster the D-line.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
• The proceeds of their Hong Kong listings are less than a third of last year’s haul.
  — Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2022
• No matter the record of the opponents, three road games in four nights on the West Coast is a tough haul.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2023
• On the latter list, Swift swept the top three, the biggest haul from No. 1 on down until this week.
  — Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
• The winner could also elect to take the haul as a 30-year annuity.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• The movie’s four-day haul is expected to include a three-day gross of $100 million.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
• Houston's free-agent haul is frankly a touch light compared to some of the other contenders league-wide.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Dec. 2022
• While most contents are drained by the time the race ends, some fans leave their concession haul unopened.
  — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2023
• And Texas has a huge delegate haul that could make a difference in the 2024 contest.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
• The haul mostly includes bits of fences, chairs and assorted pieces of scrap metal.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2023
• But some campaigns and outside groups have announced their fundraising hauls ahead of the deadline as shows of strength.
  — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 10 July 2023
• That’s roughly 10 percent of the media brand’s total haul.
  — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
• The record continued a trend that has seen the series' opening haul rise with each new installment.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 27 Mar. 2023
• These joggers are slightly more tailored than sweats, but still comfy enough for a long-haul or red-eye.
  — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2023
• Those cash hauls would be more than enough to make interest payments, the analysts say.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
• Our testers narrowed down the best options while using the accessory for road trips, long-haul flights, and train rides.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2023
• Such a haul, in addition to adding Aroldis Chapman a month ago, should solve all their issues.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
• Texas has the second biggest haul of delegates (California has the most) in the GOP race.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 12 June 2023
• In the meantime, while fewer long-haul planes can arrive, lawsuits are flying.
  — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
• The total haul was 2.2 million viewers across all platforms.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023
• The vast majority of the time, a tractor picks up a trailer, does the haul, drops it off, and then picks up another trailer.
  — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• Woods visits Northwest Arctic villages throughout the year to take children to hunt, fish, haul wood for the elders and process meat.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2022
• In addition to the streaming haul, with the new recruits, Peso Pluma places a total 25 titles on the ranking.
  — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 5 July 2023
• What grades did draft experts give Dallas’ newest haul?
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• The size of the Democratic hauls is even more important this cycle, as the map largely forces them to play defense, rather than offense.
  — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
• But his ultimate haul for the period drama was so much bigger.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
• Burying one big shot after another, Andrews finished with a career-high 31 points while adding to his late-season haul of highlights.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024