How to use parcel in a sentence

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• I did up the parcel with string and took it to the post office.From the entry do up
• John doesn't live there any more. You'd better readdress that parcel.From the entry readdress
• I’m sending the parcel express in order that he gets it before the weekend.From the entry in order that
• The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation.From the entry bed
• The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.From the entry ring
• Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.From the entry tape
• I’ll be dropping the parcel at your place later.From the entry drop
• He wrapped up the parcel with brown paper.From the entry wrap up
• He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels.From the entry wrapper
• Regular maintenance is part and parcel of owning a car.From the entry part and parcel
• It's a large job, but if we parcel it out among several people over several weeks, it shouldn't be too difficult.From the entry parcel out
• I called them to find out what had happened to my parcel, but all I got was a runaround.From the entry runaround
• Encountering difficulties with the parcels’ unhelpful recipient, the deliveryman unceremoniously dumped the packages in the street outside the door.From the entry unceremoniously
• Tech workers know that creative destruction is part and parcel of working in a highly innovative industry.2025 May 24, “The great AI jobs disruption is under way”, in FT Weekend (The FT View section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN…. From the entry creative destruction
• This effectively prepares the way for the parcelling to produce a smooth finish, prior to serving.2018, D.J. House, Seamanship Techniques: Shipboard and Marine Operations. From the entry parcelling
• The mixtures are wrapped and tied in banana leaf parcels and steamed.2015, Linda Bladholm, Latin & Caribbean Grocery Stores Demystified, page 343. From the entry duckanoo
• I unpacked the parcels at once with an eager birthdayish feeling.2015, Nancy Buckingham, Return to Vienna. From the entry birthdayish
• But no matter: the giant parcel he sent me boasts that anyone can do the job.1993 June 26, David Lawson, “Down-valuations are killing recovery”, in The Independent, number 2,086, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37. From the entry Robert is your father's brother
• In operation, presorted, zipcoded sacks or parcels enter the facility on 32 inbound conveyors.1984, Chilton's instruments and control systems, Volume 57. From the entry zipcoded
• She was a van-girl jumping off the back of a truck all day delivering parcels.1968, James Holledge, Women of the Darkness, page 105. From the entry van-girl
• To them, evilhood is a part and parcel of human life.1965, The Minaret, volumes 2-3, page 18. From the entry evilhood
• To a real-estate man, it's one infinitesimal parcel of a plot of land.1962, Newsweek: The International Newsmagazine, volume 60, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 54. From the entry googolplex
• With "smalls" by freight and parcels by coaching trains, said Mr.1962 April, “Talking of Trains: The development of traffic costing”, in Modern Railways, page 220. From the entry coaching
• 'What on earth do Coker and his parcel of tuck matter to us?1956, Charles Hamilton, The Banishing of Billy Bunter. From the entry tuck
• Each bag weighs about 56 lb. and contains an average of 95 news packets and 9 parcels.1945 March and April, “Army Post Office Mail Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 74. From the entry box wagon
• Clearly addressed labels will help the Railways to deliver your parcels quickly.1940 December, “ADDRESS IT CLEARLY”, in Railway Magazine, page iv, advertisement by the British Railways. From the entry wrapping paper
• "It's all right," Joey startled him by announcing, toppling his tower of parcels into the cart.1919, Israel Zangwill, Jinny the Carrier: A Folk-comedy of Rural England. From the entry inquiration
• So you see, O women of little faith, parcels are getting through to our brave lads.1917 August 23, Clio [pseudonym], “The Ladies Letter”, in Punch, volume CXXVII, number 3239, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 310, column 2. From the entry get through
• Plus, his ever-increasing rake of mules were outgrowing the small parcel of acreage he had inherited in Tennessee.2020, Barbara L. Wyckoff, Who Was Victoria Silkee. From the entry rake
• Varamis plans to carry parcels and non-perishable consumer goods.2020 April 8, “Network News: Varamis plans electric freight to carry light goods”, in Rail, pages 16–17. From the entry non-perishable
• We parcel up time into years and months and days because without compartmentalisation the tundra of time is impossible to navigate.2018 January 2, Sara Pascoe, “We should all pick achievable resolutions – get through three days of dry January and you’re a hero to me”…. From the entry tundra
• Among many different delivery methods in e-commerce, the most common are: courier, post, pick-up drop-off (PUDO) and parcel lockers.2018, Andrzej Sieminski, Adrianna Kozierkiewicz, Manuel Nunez, Quang Thuy Ha, Modern Approaches for Intelligent Information and Database…. From the entry PUDO
• It was sprinkled with houses, some dilapidated, some newer, some cheek by jowl, others sitting on wide parcels of land.2014, Marlo Thomas, It Ain’t Over … till It’s Over: Reinventing Your Life—and Realizing Your Dreams—Anytime, at Any Age, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry cheek by jowl
• As a result, the newly formed water parcel will sink.2010, Rui Xin Huang, Ocean Circulation: Wind-Driven and Thermohaline Processes, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 100. From the entry cabbeling
• Argument structure is thus considered to be part and parcel of the information associated with lexical, syntactically atomic verbs.1998, Wilhelm Geuder, Miriam Butt, The Projection of Arguments, Introduction. From the entry part and parcel
• Jem parceled out our roles: I was Mrs.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry parcel out

Meaning of parcel

1. noun A package wrapped, as for shipment or transport.
2. noun An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
3. noun An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).

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Questions about parcel in a sentence

How do you use parcel in a sentence?

Parcel is used as a noun, verb and adverb. For example: “I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.”

What is a short sentence with parcel?

“He wrapped up the parcel with brown paper.”

What does parcel mean?

Parcel means a package wrapped, as for shipment or transport.