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• The bus (train, plane, ferry boat, etc) runs between Newport and Riverside.From the entry run
• Trucks ploughed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.From the entry plough
• The opening of the bridge dealt a deathblow to the ferry.From the entry deathblow
• The ranchhands use four-wheelers to move about the ranch, ferrying supplies and patrolling distant fields and pastures.From the entry four-wheeler
• You're making jokes about yesterday's ferry accident? That's too soon, people died there!From the entry too soon
• Flying ferries are the watercraft of the future!From the entry flying
• The overnight ferry docked at 10 a.m.From the entry overnight
• Remembering her insectophobia I did not point out the amazing line of ants ferrying leaves up the wall.From the entry insectophobia
• The ferry boat is too big to be paddleable in any practical sense; reliable engine power is crucial.From the entry paddleable
• We'll take the ferry to the island, and when we get off the ferry, we'll rent a club car and drive into town.From the entry club car
• They are then loaded onto ferries by dockyard tractors called "tugs".2025 August 20, Paul Clifton, “Ro Ro Rail takes the freight train to Spain”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 49. From the entry tug
• Put your hiking boots on before you take the 20-minute ferry ride to quaint Mackinac Island.2024 May 8, “From urban streets to shoreline retreats – meet the real Michigan”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London…. From the entry Mackinac Island
• The end of the line is a two-minute stroll from the ferry terminal.2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 45. From the entry fish and chip
• His reference to waves of lorries on the A55 that match ferry schedules may become dated.2021 December 29, Philip Haigh, “Rail’s Role in Unifying Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in Rail, number 947, Peterborough…. From the entry land bridge
• The island is about an hour from Hong Kong by ferry.2010 April 27, Jeff Vandam, “House Hunting in ... China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2010…. From the entry Taipa
• But the ferry into Devonport was two hours late and I was famished.2010, Nicholas Shakespeare, Secrets of the Sea, →ISBN, page 444. From the entry could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck
• Steamers, ferries, and tugboats pulling strings of barges behind them created rush-hour traffic on a laneless thoroughfare.2009, Jessica DuLong, My River Chronicles, page 13. From the entry laneless
• He was behind the wheel of a 9-ton payloader ferrying job debris.2008 January 2, Glenn Collins, “In Winds of Winter, Midair Park Takes Shape”, in New York Times. From the entry payloader
• I have missed the daily ferry, so check into a hotel full of beetroot-red Brits.2006 October 24, Stephen Moss, “'As soon as I get to Limassol, I know I have made a terrible mistake'”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The…. From the entry beetroot-red
• There is also a McDonald's on a ferry which sails between Stockholm and Helsinki.2004, Angela Pumphrey, Superbrands: An Insight into Britain’s Strongest Brands 2004, London: Superbrands, →ISBN, page 129. From the entry ski-thru
• The trips aren't long; in fact, the south ferry is barely more than a puddle jump.1989, Arthur Frommer, George McDonald, New York State, 1990-91, →ISBN, page 191. From the entry puddle jump
• Kaohsiung is where you get the car ferry to Makung, the capital of Pescadores Island (Penghu).1982 October, Geoff Crowther, “Taiwan — Around the Country”, in Korea & Taiwan: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet), →ISBN, →OCLC, page…. From the entry Makung
• Arley's ferry boat has been replaced by a single-span pedestrian bridge.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 389, about Upper Arley. From the entry privately
• These women flew fighter planes and B-29 superfortresses as test pilots as well as ferry pilots.1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 10. From the entry superfortress
• On February 1st the Kin-sha Kiang was crossed by ferry, and the province of Se-Chuan was entered.1904, Hugh Clifford, “The Shan States and Yun-nan”, in Further India: Being the Story of Exploration from the Earliest Times in Burma…. From the entry Kin-sha Kiang
• There a ferry was crossing the river, and old Ben grew reminiscential.1901, John Fox Jr., “Down the Kentucky on a Raft”, in Blue-grass and Rhododendron: Out-doors in Old Kentucky, New York, N.Y.: Charles…. From the entry reminiscential
• Over the past 60 years the ferry industry in the UK, Ireland and Northern Europe has undergone significant transformation.2026 September, Scott Mackey, Gary Davies, Matt Davies, et al, “60 years of ferries”, in Ships Monthly, page 31. From the entry ro-ro
• We will have a better link-up with the ferries, with the hovercraft, with the buses and, of course, the railway.2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “Island Line to reopen to Ryde Pier in June... possibly”, in RAIL, number 979, page 24. From the entry link-up
• His father, Jiang Shijun, was an accountant in an electric power company and then a manager of a ferry company.2022 November 30, Chris Buckley, Michael Wines, “Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96”, in The New York…. From the entry Jiang
• Stranraer Harbour station was the traditional connection for ferry services.2020 November 18, “Industry Insider: Improving rail connectivity”, in Rail, page 68. From the entry roll-on roll-off
• One morning, I took the ferry to Cheung Chau, a speck of land southwest of Hong Kong Island.2019 November 19, Sebastian Modak, “We Put Hong Kong on the 52 Places to Go List. Things Got Complicated.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry Cheung Chau
• By the end of the summer, I had day-tripped with Quita around New England and ferried to Martha's Vineyard with Carol.2017, Melinda Worth Popham, Grace Period: My Ordination to the Ordinary, →ISBN. From the entry day-trip
• A ferry collided with a boat around 9:15am Thursday in the channel between Sai Wan and Green Island, injuring five people.2016 April 29, Kris Cheng, “Ferry collides with boat near Sai Wan, injuring 5”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 22…. From the entry Green Island

Meaning of ferry

1. verb To carry; transport; convey.
2. verb To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
3. verb To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.

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Questions about ferry in a sentence

How do you use ferry in a sentence?

Ferry is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.”

What is a short sentence with ferry?

“granted a ferry to”

What does ferry mean?

Ferry means to carry; transport; convey.