How to use depot in a sentence

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• They sent four batteries southward in an attempt to shore up the defenses around the depot.From the entry battery
• After completing its daily route, the bus returns passengerless to the depot.From the entry passengerless
• As the train came to a halt at the depot, Anne detrained swiftly and ran toward the river.From the entry detrain
• Performance is improving incrementally, depot by depot and diagram by diagram.2026 February 18, Will Rogers talks to Richard Wilcock, “The RAIL Interview”, in RAIL, number 1055, page 47. From the entry incrementally
• The domestic coal depot at St Pancras, north of Somers Town Goods.2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 43, photo caption. From the entry turntable
• The donor power car, owned by SR, will then be removed from Haymarket depot and disposed of.2020 March 25, “Fleet News: ScotRail to dispose of first '43' donor”, in Rail, page 30. From the entry reusable
• The trains are also fitted with small batteries to enable them to shunt at non-electrified depots.2019 October 23, “Testing begins as Merseyrail moves closer to new '777s'”, in Rail, page 29. From the entry non-electrified
• They are being used at the Zuoying, Wurih and Lioujia depots.2017, “Taiwan Railway Administration High-Speed Network”, in Railway Technology, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2020. From the entry Lioujia
• If they visit the depot you’ll know they have the drugs.2015, Stephen Leather, Black Ops (Spider Shepherd; 12), London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 379. From the entry Robert's your mother's brother
• At the depot, Hook climbed out, slamming the door twice before the latch took.2009, Sheldon Russell, The Yard Dog, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 210. From the entry take
• Genoese and Venetian fondachi (trading depots) littered the coastline from North Africa to the Crimea.2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 32. From the entry fondaco
• Information dissemination about the destruction of the Khamisiyah munitions depot in Iraq is a case and point.2003, Monica J. Casper, Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life, page 222. From the entry case and point
• At the Tobyhanna depot, before he left, Festa turned to Chief Deputy Marshal Scheu and cried.1984, Michael Harold Brown, Marked to Die, page 293. From the entry melodramata
• The distribution depot at Liversedge is equipped with parallel sidings for wagon standage.1964 January, “News and Comment: New block oil developments”, in Modern Railways, page 11. From the entry standage
• Newton Heath depot has lately been catholic in its choice of power for the 6.10 p.m.1961 March, “Motive Power Miscellany”, in Trains Illustrated, page 181. From the entry catholic
• Before I left Paris I had the chance to visit La Chapelle depot.1961 March, ""Dalmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148. From the entry traverser
• All concerned, more particularly those in charge of the depots, worked unceasingly for long hours.1961 July, “Glasgow emergency - the restoration of Clydeside steam suburban services”, in Trains Illustrated, page 432. From the entry unceasingly
• The locomotive shed at Portadown is gradually becoming the principal Great Northern section steam motive power depot.1961 March, “The Irish scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 138. From the entry locomotive shed
• The former is the principal depot and most of the remarshalling of trains is carried out there.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99. From the entry remarshalling
• Just beyond the locomotive depot is the junction of the Anecho line, which curves sharply eastwards.1955 May, H. P. White, “The Togoland Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 344. From the entry littoral
• At Needles, I found the tall mail-carrier at the depot looking for me.1951, Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins, ““Teacher—Yes””, in Girl from Williamsburg, Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, part III (At…. From the entry mail-carrier
• Now, faults can be diagnosed remotely and (in many cases) fixed before the train even reaches the depot.2025 July 23, Richard Wilcock, “A new dawn for the Electrostars”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 26. From the entry quip
• “Maybe, you do want to end up in the depot.”2025 May 31, Oliver Smith, “A night on the Riviera”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry trainspotter
• The Hull-based engineering company was selected by Northern to turn the underutilised depot into a modern train servicing and stabling facility.2023 January 25, “News in pictures: Manchester depot revitalised”, in RAIL, number 975, page 27. From the entry underutilised
• At Clapham, Operations Trainer Ed Nettell told RAIL: "Depot driver training takes two or three days, depending on the depot.2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Training starts on heavily delayed SWR Arterios”, in RAIL, number 987, page 22. From the entry Nettell
• The depot will occupy a 75-acre brownfield site.2021 September 22, “Network News: Washwood Heath: three shortlisted”, in RAIL, number 940, page 17. From the entry brownfield
• Network Rail and Avanti West Coast have installed a solar-powered 'electronic scarecrow' to deter birds from entering Longsight depot in Manchester.2020 September 23, “Network News: Longsight depot uses 'scarecrow'”, in Rail, page 26. From the entry solar-powered
• The karate school where she took tai chi was in a strip mall near the Three Rivers depot.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.9-10. From the entry strip mall
• A group of three P-38 Lightnings bomb supply depots at Tayeh and strafe warehouses and barracks at Yangsin.2008, Keith D. Dickson, World War II Almanac (Almanacs of American Wars), volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 269. From the entry Tayeh
• The military post and gas depot where Qu stopped to refuel had been shored up by heavy concrete buttresses.1991, Jeremy Schmidt, Himalayan Passage: Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, & Pakistan, Seattle: The…. From the entry refuel
• Devons Road has had its teething troubles as a dieselised depot, just as have the diesel locomotives which are its stock-in-trade.1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, page 266. From the entry stock-in-trade
• But these precautions lost some of their merit when the L.T. trains themselves became frozen up at depots overnight.1962 March, “Lessons of the Freeze-up”, in Modern Railways, page 146. From the entry freeze up
• Basically, the steam depot is divided into two halves, the repair side and the steam side, with a traverser in between.1961 March, ""Dalmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148. From the entry traverser
• The locomotive had been magnificently burnished at Norwich depot, with polished brasswork and red-painted coupling rods—all the more creditable, Dr.1960 March, “Notes and News: Two Scenes from Norfolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 214. From the entry burnish
• On the southern shore of the Aksai Chin lake we left our big luggage behind us in a depot.1930 June, Emil Trinkler, “Explorations in the Eastern Karkoram and in the Western Kunlun”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXXV…. From the entry Aksai Chin
• “Unless you want to end up in the depot!” Then he looks at me more closely, suspecting a trainspotter in his midst.2025 May 31, Oliver Smith, “A night on the Riviera”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry trainspotter
• It's been a story of planning in bite-sized chunks, making the most of soft-start strategies, managing constrained depot capacity, and battling legacy technology.2025 August 6, Richard Wilcock, “Old units... new lease of life”, in RAIL, number 1041, page 31. From the entry bite-sized
• The end of an era was marked on January 19, when the old depot at Gosforth closed its doors for the final time.2023 February 8, “News in pictures: Metro maintenance moves as Gosforth closes”, in RAIL, number 976, page 29. From the entry close one's doors
• Passenger lines radiate in six directions, there are freight lines that bypass the station, extensive freight yards, a major works, and a rolling stock depot.2021 May 19, Philip Haigh, “Doncaster enhancements relying on DfT approval”, in RAIL, number 931, page 30. From the entry hub

Meaning of depot

1. noun A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
2. noun A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
3. noun A bus station or railway station.

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Questions about depot in a sentence

How do you use depot in a sentence?

Depot is used as a noun. For example: “They sent four batteries southward in an attempt to shore up the defenses around the depot.”

What is a short sentence with depot?

“The depot will occupy a 75-acre brownfield site.”

What does depot mean?

Depot means a storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.