How to Use shipment in a Sentence

shipment

noun

• This box is ready for shipment.
• We sent out another shipment of books.
• My order was delivered in two shipments.
• The first oil shipment through the Northern Sea Route took place in 2019.
  — Elina Ganatra, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022
• At one point, the store received a shipment of about 250 desks.
  — Chantel Tattoli, New York Times, 25 June 2023
• The person said that the pagers were part of a shipment of about 5,000 units brought in by Hezbollah.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
• The law is designed and intended to prevent the shipment of the drugs in the first place.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2023
• When the shipment of six fun pieces arrives, it’s bound to be the highlight of your month.
  — Yolanda Wikiel, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2023
• All of the shipments except the final one were sent to Enola, Pa.
  — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023
• The photos showed the second New Yorker putting a dope shipment in the mail.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2022
• Ahead of your first shipment, Shots Box sends you five minis of whiskey picked just for you.
  — Kate Dingwall, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• The first shipment will be available at Target stores in the coming weeks, the White House said.
  — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 1 June 2022
• The consignee of the cans in Germany was told of the plan to destroy the shipment on April 17 and did not contest the decision, the trade group said.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
• He was supposed to receive a shipment of frozen salmon from the Alaska lodge.
  — Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
• That step halted the shipment of any goods that were made at the factory while the teens were employed.
  — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 7 July 2023
• The shipment, expected to be enough to last the state three years, arrived in March and cost about $1.28 million.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
• In protest, Egypt has halted shipments of aid through its border with Gaza.
  — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 24 May 2024
• One Florida doctor said the new shipments are not enough to fully meet the need.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 29 June 2023
• The shipment contains enough food for almost half a million meals.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
• In addition, wheat shipments made their way out of Ukraine.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2023
• The Hodeida port has been key for food shipments into Yemen in its decade-long civil war.
  — Melanie Lidman and Waafa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
• That person might decide to show up at this point and take the shipment or exact revenge.
  — John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
• So troops at the U.S. garrison can try and disrupt those shipments.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
• By the time the tumor tissue reached Dr. Epstein days later, the shipment seemed useless.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• The previous vessel to use the corridor left Aug. 16 with a shipment of grain.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• The lockdown will likely hurt the production and shipment of iPhones in the lead-up to the holiday season.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2022
• That’s a supply of more than 20 cups, so they’ll be set until their next shipment arrives.
  — Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2022
• The attacks have blocked shipping in the Red Sea, which is a key route for global trade and energy shipments.
  — Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
• Others build tools to help wildlife inspectors process the large number of shipments in real time.
  — Alice Catherine Hughes, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
• Both stand accused of trafficking large shipments of fentanyl and other drugs across the border, fueling a surge in U.S. overdose deaths.
  — Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 17 Feb 2025