How to use mailing in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun
Mailing means an act of sending mail. Example: “I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.”
Examples of mailing by meaning
nounAn act of sending mail.
- He has taken to flooding the mailboxes of gay organizations in recent months, urging us to do this or buy that; two recent examples of such mailings are especially telling.1987 February 22, Terry Helbing, “Petty Sniping At Gay Authors”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 4
More sentences with mailing
- I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.From the entry post
- The contest was a gimmick to get people to sign up for their mailing list.From the entry gimmick
- They set up an opt-in mailing list, so that those who wanted the notices could subscribe.From the entry opt-in
- Removing her name from the mailing list was her way of tying up loose ends.From the entry tie up loose ends
- How do I unsubscribe from your mailing list?From the entry unsubscribe
- Mail tabbers are an economical and timesaving alternative for mass mailings, such as newsletters and brochures.2013, Entrepreneur magazine, Grant-Writing Business: Step-by-Step Startup Guide. From the entry tabber
- Listen, we're not mailing it in, we're trying to get better.2010 May 25, Joe Cowley, “Crunch time comes early; Sox 7 Indians 2; Peavy^s point: Next month is make or break”, in The Chicago Sun-Times. From the entry mail it in
- I post to a mailing list for gay gaymers, and yet I post here.2003, Julie d'Aubigny, “Gaymers”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet). From the entry gaymer
- The context, it is worth noting, is a letterly one of postoffices, envelopes, and mailings.2002, James G. Watson, William Faulkner: Self-Presentation and Performance, page 65. From the entry letterly
- More and more people agreed to help with the mailings, the hand-distribution of flyers, and telephonings.2001, William Hairston, Passion and Politics. From the entry gofer
- I enjoy the newsgroup, the mailing lists, the email corro, and yakking on ICQ with these people.1998 April 21, Dave Locke, “ATH: The Case of the Missing Life”, in alt.tv.homicide (Usenet). From the entry corro
- She started and still maintains many Internet mailing lists for the LGBO community.1995, Katherine Arnup, Lesbian Parenting: Living with Pride & Prejudice. From the entry LGBO
- I've seen things on the EV mailing list, and on several .bicycles. groups.1993 November 13, Charlie Sullivan, “Re: Motorcycles, bicycles, "e-bikes"”, in rec.bicycles.soc (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2019…. From the entry e-bike
- Perhaps there is some interest on the hpv mailing list as well--I have't subscribed for a while.1993 November 13, Charlie Sullivan, “Re: Motorcycles, bicycles, "e-bikes"”, in rec.bicycles.soc (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2019…. From the entry e-bike
- Every customer on our mailing list has received a Rivermont wooden nickel.1960, The Orchid Digest - Volume 24, page 417. From the entry wooden nickel
- Place photos on top of cardboard when mailing.2013, Stacy Zemon, The DJ Sales and Marketing Handbook. From the entry glossy
- Grids are used for such quotidian items as stationery, business cards, mailing labels, hang tags, instruction manuals, etc.2010, Steven Heller, Eddie S Glaude, Becoming a Graphic Designer. From the entry quotidian
- Mailing lists are not all sweetness and light, though.2009 August, Jono Bacon, “Communicating Clearly”, in Andy Oram, Simon St. Laurent, editors, The Art of Community: Building the New Age of…. From the entry sweetness and light
- Joining a mailing list is a little complex.2009 August, Jono Bacon, “Communicating Clearly”, in Andy Oram, Simon St. Laurent, editors, The Art of Community: Building the New Age of…. From the entry sweetness and light
- The Hardlines Digest is an Internet mailing list for members of the retail hardware and home center industry.2002, John Cornell III, Hardlines FAQ (live original), Hardlines Digest. From the entry hardline
- Datacasting bypasses the wired, terrestrial Internet and is a cheaper way to distribute software than pressing and mailing CDs.2000, George Abe, Residential Broadband, Cisco Systems, →ISBN. From the entry cheap
- It is by far the best mailing list I've run across; no drippy teeny-bopper fanstuff and no horrendous flamewars.1995, Michael Bowen, “Fairport Newsgroup?”, in rec.music.folk (Usenet). From the entry fanstuff
- Stacks of ride-alongs that share the cost of the mailing.1994, Jay Conrad Levinson, Seth Godin, The Guerrilla Marketing Handbook, page 178. From the entry ride-along
- Here's my promised posting of internetwork mailing..1985 November 25, Steve Wall, “internet mailing summary”, in net.general (Usenet). From the entry ppl
- This will be easier when E-Com hookups become prevalent; for now, keep licking stamps and mailing to the media.1983 November 2, Ian, “Re: Hackers victim of Newspeak (HUMAN-NETS Digest V6 #64)”, in fa.human-nets (Usenet), retrieved 15 Dec 2016…. From the entry hackerdom
- We boo-booed in giving the address of California Electric Railway Enthusiasts, and we realized it while mailing the last issue.1952, The Ferroequinologist: A Journal for Students of the Iron Horse. From the entry boo-boo
- Julian Assange is a crypto-anarchist (before WikiLeaks he was an active member of the movement’s most important mailing list), and so perhaps is Edward Snowden.2017 June 4, Jamie Bartlett, “Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters”, in The Observer. From the entry crypto-anarchist
- Sending emails to the FreeBSD developers mailing list and contacting local BSD and Linux usergroups is a good start for finding interested people.2015 July/August, Dru Lavigne, quoting Lars Engels, “This month in FreeBSD”, in FreeBSD Journal, volume 2, number 4, Boulder, Colo.…. From the entry usergroup
- Peimer fills his datebook with invitations from seemingly endless mailing and e-mail lists, faxes, phone calls and by being the friend of a friend.2007 May 1, Joe Brescia, “The Fountain of Youth Is as Near as the Next Party”, in New York Times. From the entry datebook
- This way I can make a dry run at putting together my contributions each mailing without worrying about having to meet minac.2001 October, Warren Harris, “Just who is this guy anyway?”, in Back Numbers, number 1, page 1. From the entry dry run
- Maybe not archived on Gossamer, but there are at least two Scullyslash archives that I know of and one very active mailing list.1999 June 12, Dasha K, “Re: A DARE... Hmm...”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet). From the entry Scullyslash
- A lot of Senners went to the Con (and had a blast!) are busily reporting in on the events to their mailing list sibs.1998 April 9, holl...@mailexcite.com, “Re: Where Is Everyone?”, in alt.tv.sentinel (Usenet). From the entry Senner
- The campaign asks potential endorsers to sit for videotapings; hand over their organization’s mailing list; send letters to their neighbors; and write an opinion piece for newspapers praising Mr.2009 August 26, Michael Barbaro, “Bloomberg Campaign Is Juggernaut of Detail”, in New York Times. From the entry videotaping
- A worker at Tsat Tsz Mui post office admitted in Eastern Court yesterday to using old stamps and pocketing the postage payment meant for mailing a package.2009 April 1, Joyce Man, “Postal worker admits pocketing HK$22.50”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original…. From the entry Tsat Tsz Mui
- Another popular way to key ads and mailings is to use a suite number, room number, department number, desk number, etc. as part of the ordering address.1998, Mail Order Success Secrets. From the entry key
- A few of the original participants from those days are still on the mailing list today, as we near the end of eight years of e-publishing.1989 June 11, Patrick Townson, “What Is TELECOM Digest, Anyway?”, in comp.dcom.telecom (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, message-ID…. From the entry e-publishing
- The high strength of spunbonds is a dominant factor in such market applications as mailing envelopes, tags, and reinforcing media for lamination to weaker paper products.1975, Modern Plastics Encyclopedia, page 159. From the entry spunbond
- Westlake's piece is so reminiscent of the old days of fandom, when no gafiate felt he had actually departed until he had alienated everybody on his mailing list.1962, J. Baxter, Xero. From the entry gafiate
- This is one of the questions that has long puzzled mankind (along with why dropped toast always lands buttered-side down and how come crudzine editors always find your mailing address).1981 November, Terry Hughes, “The Modified Big Bang Theory”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 7, page 27. From the entry crudzine
Meaning of mailing
- noun An act of sending mail.
- noun A farm.
Questions about mailing in a sentence
- How do you use mailing in a sentence?
- Mailing is used as a noun. For example: “I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.”
- What is a short sentence with mailing?
- “Here's my promised posting of internetwork mailing..”
- What does mailing mean?
- Mailing means an act of sending mail.
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