How to Use reload in a Sentence

reload

verb
  • He was forced to reload, which gave a hero — Dr. John Cheng — a chance to stop the carnage.
    Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Out here among the tsetse flies, some 80 miles from the nearest town, their love could reload.
    Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
  • Now the Hornets have reloaded and are ready to run it back with the same squad from a year ago.
    Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • When Donovan Solano singled to reload the bases, Gallen was done.
    John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Fail to do so and the game ends, requiring you to reload your latest save.
    Jason Hidalgo, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The vehicle became stuck and, unable to drive away, Morales tried to reload the weapon.
    Fox News, 12 July 2021
  • Then Porter reloaded and fired two to three more times at Bohman’s head, Porter told police.
    Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023
  • Razom’s staff in Ukraine then reloads the goods into vans to take where needed.
    Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The actor had to learn how to do a reverse 180 and drift all while reloading his prop gun and shooting it out of the door.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The first step was reloading on talent through the transfer portal.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • There was a brief pause in the action as officers reloaded.
    Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And even if the core frays, Fisch’s success has positioned Arizona to reload through the portal.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • So, the magazine’s size did not prevent him from having to reload his gun at least once.
    Emily Smith, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023
  • After three years as the nation’s top offensive line, the Wolverines will have to reload in the trenches.
    J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The Frogs, in one of the best seasons in program history, have already started to reload.
    Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2022
  • That is not a criticism of the front office’s ability to reload the roster in the months during free agency and the draft.
    Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • That aid is reloaded onto trucks from the Gaza Strip and is allowed to proceed into the enclave.
    WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Then, the focus was on reloading with another class of blue-chip prospects who would go on to become first-round picks.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The Bulldogs are reloading on the defensive front and at quarterback but don’t lack for stars.
    Ralph D. Russo, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Tran sprayed the room with bullets, reloaded, then started firing again.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
  • Now comes the spring and summer for Auriemma to analyze and reload his roster.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 3 Apr. 2022
  • But look for Georgia to reload and be up for the challenge of making history with a threepeat.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • With Hall and Leota, who combined for 25 sacks the last two seasons, off to the pros, Auburn sought to reload its edge-rusher depth heading into Freeze’s first year at the helm.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 2 May 2023
  • His former state was an 18-year-old who emptied a gun into a 14-year-old friend of his, then reloaded and fired again after a fight over a video game.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The 38th head coach of Auburn Tigers football has to build out a staff, rebuild trust with a fanbase weary of the hire, and perhaps most importantly, reload the roster.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The pastor hit the gunman with a chair when the shooter paused to reload his weapon, Chen said, and other members of the congregation tackled him.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2022
  • There’s also the practice of activating jade to reload the energy stored in the gemstone.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Still, Paton needs to reload the pass rush, must fortify the trenches on both sides of the ball and likely needs a fallback if Williams' recovery stalls.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The deputies begin firing their weapons repeatedly, reload and continue to fire, the videos show.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Fellow congregants told Chen that when the gunman stopped to reload, Pastor Chang hit him on the head with a chair while others moved quickly to grab his gun.
    Damian Dovarganes and Christopher Weber, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022

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