How to Use loading in a Sentence

loading

noun
  • The store’s on-street loading zone and all the parking spaces on that block were gone overnight.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
  • The suspect entered the Union The suspect entered through a loading dock at the Union, said Whyte.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The aim is to prevent the fuel leaks that plagued past loading attempts.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The cylinder on the R8 is cut for moon clips to aid with fast loading and unloading.
    Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 24 Jan. 2023
  • On the other side, in murky light, stood an empty loading dock.
    Tracy Kidder, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Some have to have their rotor blades removed to fit through the loading door to the convention floor.
    Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • One space serves as the hotel's loading dock and basement, and the other is the ballroom that sits on top of the Saks building.
    The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The top loading tray holds up to 60-sheets of paper and 3 months of ink are included with your purchase.
    Karl Klockars, PCMAG, 1 Apr. 2024
  • And $25 million for the Port of Alabama to buy coal loading equipment.
    Kyle Whitmire, al, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In tight corners, the B5's front end tended to edge wide under big loadings.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 18 July 2023
  • The city closed the block to car traffic, meaning tents lie just a few feet from warehouse loading bays of some businesses.
    St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2022
  • In 2016, the Dali struck a loading pier made of stone while leaving port in Antwerp, causing damage to the ship’s stern, according to VesselFinder.com, a site that tracks ships across the world.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The string didn’t generate any errors or prevent the page from loading.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024
  • While two of the schools passed, an inspector was able to enter the third through a door in the school's loading dock that was left ajar while a delivery was in progress.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Outside on the loading dock of the convention center, DiFranco, whose hair is now bleached blond, pulls me aside.
    Jonathan Van Meter, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The plans also call for three loading stations, one at the mouth of the 8-mile long canyon, and stations at Snowbird and Alta ski resorts.
    Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In fact, the floor that feels least like a basement might be the actual basement, where lawmakers sneak off to smoke on the loading dock.
    al, 1 Feb. 2023
  • These days, the lines are mostly gone, and loading and unloading goes smoothly.
    Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Front-loading was a good thing, given how far below neutral rates were.
    Stephen Grocer, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The reserved loading zones, meant to appease business owners, are gone.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Each tape measure was retracted to evaluate the spring loading and recoil of the blade.
    Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The security cameras have a low frame rate, are slow loading, and have bulky designs; the Ring Car Cam doesn’t prevent break-ins when the car is off.
    Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 July 2023
  • Snow loading & power outages are a concern for this storm.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Everyone takes turns carrying and loading gear for the return to Camp Verde.
    Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The main compartment is roomy, while the front-panel loading provides easy access to the inner contents.
    Karthika Gupta, Parents, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Right now, players can hop into the game and work on a mosaic loading screen by finding its pieces, and there will of course be a Cerberus skin to match it.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Maintenance at the key port of Primorsk cut shipments there to just three cargoes in the week to Dec. 16, down from a more normal weekly loading rate of about eight.
    Julian Lee, Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Bring shovels for loading, containers to hold it, and tarps to cover your compost.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • If your user can’t see or use your site because of speed and loading issues, what good is your fancy website at that point?
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • It is also equipped with a drop-down door that makes loading and unloading vehicles a cinch.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2022

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