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• The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.From the entry fire
• Some of us rode two-up as we travelled in convoy to the beach.From the entry two-up
• As the convoy entered the pass, we opened up on them with everything we had.From the entry open up
• He argued as follows: America should stop Lend-Lease convoying, because it needs to fortify its own Army with the supplies.From the entry argue
• He argued that America should stop Lend-Lease convoying because it needed to fortify its own Army with the supplies.From the entry argue
• She noted that the report stated the Kargu-2 and “other loitering munitions” attacked convoys and retreating fighters.2021 June 3, Maria Cramer, quoting Ulrike Franke, “A.I. Drone May Have Acted on Its Own in Attacking Fighters, U.N. Says”, in The New York…. From the entry loitering munition
• The convoy was proceeding down the dry, cracked crazy-paving riverbed of the Gomatum.2012 -, Jeff Dawson, Dead Reckoning, →ISBN. From the entry crazy paving
• We went out into the streets of Zafaraniya, travelling in the usual two-Humvee convoy, complete with gunners.2003 November 24, The New Yorker. From the entry humvee
• About April 10 we fired our fish in two salvoes at a convoy.1999, John Winton, The Submariners: Life in British Submarines 1901-1999, page 114. From the entry fish
• Again and again, orally and in writing, we had asked for lubricating oil for the convoy.1938, Sven Hedin, translated by F. H. Lyon, The Silk Road, Boston: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., page 159. From the entry Suchow
• In contrast, the convoys of tour buses filled with mainland Chinese tourists have caused many Taiwanese to cringe.2017 February 21, Klaus Bardenhagen (tko), “Taiwan reduces reliance on mainland Chinese tourists”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the…. From the entry Alishan
• The hired guns, who protect diplomats, dignitaries and businesspeople, tear through the streets of the capital in convoys of armored SUVs.2008 December 9, Rania Abouzeid, “Iraqis Welcome Blackwater Indictments”, in Time. From the entry hired gun
• In a groundbreaking move, the Pentagon is compensating servicemen seriously hurt when an American tank convoy forced them off the road.2007 November 4, The Guardian. From the entry force
• Our convoy appeared as a huge centipede, winding its way uphill that had acquired various deadlegs at random.2001, Andrew Gurr, A Little Piece of England, page 79. From the entry deadleg
• Kipper-kites, aircraft engaged on convoy escort duties over the North Sea and usually giving protection to the fishing-vessels.1943, J. L. Hunt, A. G. Pringle, Service Slang, page 42. From the entry kipper
• The Tungans fled towards Toksun, while the government troops stormed Turfan, which our convoy had left a few days before.1936, Sven Hedin, The Flight of "Big Horse": The Trail of War in Central Asia, E. P. Dutton, →OCLC, page 15. From the entry Turfan
• Immigration agents in military green surrounded MacArthur Park as the convoy readied for a show of force akin to a Hollywood movie.2025 July 7, Melissa Gomez, Rachel Uranga and Brittny Mejia, “Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.’s MacArthur Park”, in Los…. From the entry ready
• “Good, then we’ll know how to mark your grave if you fall behind the convoy.” The joke made his comrades double over with laughter.December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023. From the entry double over
• Continuing on foot, he reached Kimry, a little city on the Volga a hundred miles north of Moscow, from which convoys of wheat were shipped.2022, Christian Salmon, The Blumkin Project: A Biographical Novel, page 132. From the entry Kimry
• Throwing rocks at a scout convoy?2014 January 13, Red X (Intelligence), season 1, episode 2 (TV). From the entry chooch
• The convoy made its way to Senlis where the jailer doubled as streetkeeper and the prison was left in the command of his formidable wife.2011, Morton, James, The First Detective, Overlook Press, page 45. From the entry streetkeeper
• But supply convoys are the soft underbelly of a powerful, modern military force that the Taliban is incapable of matching in conventional combat.2009 March 30, Mustafa Qadri, “Nato's soft underbelly”, in The Guardian. From the entry soft underbelly
• Kashgar is a trucking centre, and at night, then around dawn, one can hear convoys starting out to cross deserts and mountains.1976, Rewi Alley, “Kashgar and Khotan in South Sinkiang”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XV, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press…. From the entry Yengisar
• The U-boats, for instance, had a stranglehold on the merchant shipping supplying Britain, and it was thought that a convoy system would turn into a turkey shoot.2009 Nov. 15, Mike Higgins, "Andrew Marr: The Making of Modern Britain, BBC2 (TV review)," The Independent (UK) (retrieved 16 July 2012). From the entry turkey shoot
• “Okay, if I could understand correctly what Oscar was saying through all the doubletalk, we've got a make on the bigwig occupant of the convoy ahead.2008, H.A. Covington, The Brigade, →ISBN, page 660. From the entry make
• The hot poop of the rumor mongers became, “Southwest Pacific for us, fellows.” But when the convoy sailed from San Francisco on April twenty-fourth, the ships turned north.1947, Murray Morgan, Bridge To Russia: Those Amazing Aleutians, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, page 161. From the entry rumormonger
• She saw a young couple go past, embarrassed and blushing under showers of rice and riotously convoyed by what clearly was an East Side bridal party.1933, Irvin S[hrewsbury] Cobb, “Pure and Simple”, in One Way to Stop a Panic, New York, N.Y.: Laugh Club, →OCLC, page 250. From the entry stabby

Meaning of convoy

1. noun One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
2. noun A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
3. noun The act of convoying; protection.

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How do you use convoy in a sentence?

Convoy is used as a noun and verb. For example: “A frigate convoys a merchantman.”

What is a short sentence with convoy?

“A frigate convoys a merchantman.”

What does convoy mean?

Convoy means one or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.