How to Use planeload in a Sentence

planeload

noun

• One planeload of dogs was destined for shelters around the state.
  — Ricardo Arduengo, chicagotribune.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• Six planeloads of them wound up at Logan, Mr. Freni said.
  — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
• In the aftermath of the quake, Arab officials met with Mr. al-Assad and sent planeloads of aid.
  — Edward Wong, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• Reuters reported the first planeload of supplies was from China.
  — Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 24 Apr. 2020
• Salesforce recently sent a planeload of supplies to India to help with the Covid-19 outbreaks there.
  — Lauren Weber, WSJ, 11 May 2021
• The first planeload of Israeli tourists arrived in Dubai in early November.
  — Sam Sokol, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2020
• Eight days later, a planeload of passengers in Japan had to barrel out of a 787 on emergency slides.
  — Sam Walker, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2018
• Customs closed, planeloads of people stuck on flights that already landed.
  — Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 7 Jan. 2018
• The meeting came a day ahead of the first American planeload expected to arrive in Pakistan with supplies.
  — Munir Ahmed, ajc, 8 Sep. 2022
• Models such as the Iranian Shahed-136, which Russia bought by the planeload, are capable of one-way, kamikaze-style attacks.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2022
• China is now sending planeloads of protective gear and doctors to Europe.
  — Adam Geller, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2020
• The country’s president, Aleksandr Vučić, stood in chilly winds with the Chinese ambassador to welcome the first planeload of supplies.
  — New York Times, 5 Feb. 2021
• Soon, specialized rescue crews were arriving by the planeload.
  — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
• On Friday, the first planeload arrived from the US , which Washington says is part of an upcoming $30 million in assistance.
  — Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
• In recent weeks, Beijing has sent planeloads of masks and medical equipment to Islamabad.
  — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2020
• To tip the scales, the Defense Department began an air campaign of gigantic scale: the equivalent of a planeload of bombs dropped every eight minutes for nine years.
  — Saqib Rahim, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2023
• On Friday, the first planeload arrived from the U.S., which Washington says is part of an upcoming $30 million in assistance.
  — Munir Ahmed, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2022
• On Friday, the first planeload arrived from the U.S. , which Washington says is part of an upcoming $30 million in assistance.
  — Munir Ahmed, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
• Alaskans by the planeload land daily in Hawaii, a popular destination during the darkest, coldest months here.
  — Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Nov. 2011
• On a previous mission in neighboring Congo, Doty says, a planeload of supplies didn’t arrive until the second-to-last day.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
• Rather than the 7% or so fee investment banks may charge for flying planeloads of investment bankers around the world, companies like Slack can simply hold a webinar.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 19 June 2019
• While adopting few firm precautions at home, Moscow sent a planeload of medical supplies to the U.S. and dispatched military medics...
  — Thomas Grove, WSJ, 6 June 2020
• Thousands of Guard troops from all across the country poured into D.C. by the planeload and busload late last week, in response to escalating security threats and fears of more rioting.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2021
• Volunteers readied makeshift shelters — every school, gym, community center, church and camp, any place that could fit a planeload of people.
  — Katharine Lackey, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2017
• If you have been separated from friends and family for too long by the never-ending Covid-19 pandemic and have a planeload of spare cash, VistaJet has a solution.
  — Doug Gollan, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
• On Friday morning, the first planeload of approximately two hundred Afghans arrived in the U.S. as part of an airlift operation.
  — Jane Ferguson, The New Yorker, 30 July 2021
• With production deadlines blown, the company was forced to rip out assembly lines and rush six planeloads of German robots at eye-watering expense to make up for delays.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 24 July 2019
• The last hearing was held in late February, in part because of the complication of trying to manage the quarantining of a planeload of court personnel who commute from across the United States to each hearing.
  — Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2020
• New museums have opened, international galleries have set up shop, and planeloads of freshly minted MFAs pack their brushes and canvases to move here each year.
  — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018
• So far, one result of the embargo, which has squeezed the Qatari economy and put at risk a host of American priorities in the region, has been to push Qatar closer to Iran, which has stepped in with planeloads of fresh vegetables and other support.
  — Gardiner Harris, New York Times, 11 July 2017

Last Updated: 12 Oct 2024