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How to use shipping in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Shipping means the transportation of goods. Example: “The shipping is included in the quoted price.”

Examples of shipping by meaning

nounThe body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.

  • Shipping of every sort, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions.1950 July, J. C. Mertens, “By the "Taurus Express" to Baghdad”, in Railway Magazine, page 435

nounThe cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.

  • The shipping is included in the quoted price.

More sentences with shipping

  • The form has fields for each element of the customer's home address and shipping address.From the entry field
  • The chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping.From the entry settle
  • We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.From the entry ship
  • The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company.From the entry retire
  • Did anyone code review that class before it went into the shipping version?From the entry code review
  • We don't have time for a major refactor; we're shipping in two weeks.From the entry refactor
  • If you undertest your products before shipping them, expect more recalls and returns.From the entry undertest
  • Ice has closed the channel to shipping.From the entry close
  • There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.From the entry remote
  • I sealed up the box with clear shipping tape.From the entry tape
  • The books are boxed, ready for shipping.From the entry boxed
  • They do not measure each one, but they do a spot check on a few parts before shipping.From the entry spot check
  • When there was a shipping delay, the salesman jollied the purchasing agent along to keep him from canceling the order.From the entry jolly along
  • The security of commercial shipping lanes and global supply chains depends on it.2023 June 3, Haley Britzky, Brad Lendon, quoting Lloyd Austin, “Taiwan war would be ‘devastating,’ warns US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin…. From the entry devastating
  • Chalani Rubesinghe, of CEJ, said the disaster had exposed the complexity of shipping chemicals.2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters ”, in The…. From the entry CEJ
  • I've been following "Finnrey" a lot, which is a dark horse in the realm of shipping.2021, Greg Carter, quoted in "UWM historian takes on race, relationships, and representation", In Focus (University of…. From the entry Finnrey
  • Not the usual 'made in China' junk you pinch from shipping containers.2017, Rusty Barnes, Ridgerunner. From the entry made in China
  • BROTPs and OT3s (shipping three characters in a polyamorous relationship) abound.2016, Bethany A. Scettrini, "Fan Responses to Orphan Black and The 100 via Blogs, Fan Fiction, and Ship Wars", thesis submitted to Baylor…. From the entry BroTP
  • I'll take care of both the shipping arrangements and la douane, the customs.2011, Carol Drinkwater, Return to the Olive Farm. From the entry organise
  • With zone picking an order may be split and subsequently consolidated in the shipping area.2007 February 1, Kate Vitasek, “On picking and packing”, in Multichannel Merchant, United States, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2025. From the entry zone picking
  • It was no wonder the shipping insustry in Australia was flatlining under the Labor Party.2006, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Representatives, volume 279, page 131. From the entry Packer whacker
  • You could not resuscitate the Australian shipping industry with a Packer whacker under Labor.2006, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Representatives, volume 279, page 131. From the entry Packer whacker
  • Our new crewmembers were still dirtside as well, partying before shipping out.2006, Christopher Gerrib, The Mars Run. From the entry dirtside
  • China also reportedly objected to shipping facilities that could have military uses so close to its coast.2000 March 14, Erik Eckholm, “China and Taiwan Pursue Secret Nuclear Waste Deal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Wuchiu
  • As stated before, if anypony would like one, the cost is $15 plus shipping.1999 August 17, luv...@geocities.com [username], “My MLP T-shirt”, in alt.toys.my-little-pony (Usenet). From the entry anypony
  • Ships line up on the buoys to insure they do not stray from the shipping lane.1987 July 30, Bernard E. Trainor, “Showdown in Gulf”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Feb 2013. From the entry shipping lane
  • In transportation, major developments during the year centered on ocean shipping.1970 February 16, Peter G. Smith, “Taiwan keeps momentum”, in International Commerce, volume 76, number 7, Bureau of International…. From the entry Wuchi
  • By now we should have half the season's copra stacked and ready for shipping.1964, Jim Blair, The Secret of the Reef, London: Angus & Robertson, →OCLC, page 13. From the entry tap
  • No unusual shipping concentration was observed in any of the major harbors.1951, CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN, Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, page 4. From the entry Chien-ou
  • Up to last week only two small "growlers" had floated into the shipping lanes.1931 June 8, “Science: No Icebergs”, in Time. From the entry shipping lane
  • We carefully skirt and weigh each fleece, calculate shipping, and notify the buyer when the fleece is ready.2026, Robin Nistock, quotee, “Makers Space”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 13. From the entry fleece
  • U-boat crews referred to Die Glückliche Zeit (Happy Time) when German submarines successfully attacked British shipping in the Atlantic.2022, Jan Slimming, The Secret Life of an American Codebreaker, page ?. From the entry Happy Time
  • No, there is another disruption in global shipping.2021 June 21, Keith Bradsher, “Chinese port difficulties amid a Covid outbreak further snarl global trade.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry Shenzhen
  • “Jinsen is a domestic and foreign shipping port for soybeans and other farm products as well as commercial products.”2021, “History of Miso and Its Near Realtives: 5890 References in Chronological Order”, in William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, compilers…. From the entry Jinsen
  • Years of anime shipping trained me for this."2018 November 21, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1101 - Rose. From the entry butt heads
  • Zinfandel grapes were a stable grape for shipping.2017, George M. Walker & John Peragine, Cucamonga Valley Wine: The Lost Empire of American Winemaking, page 48. From the entry balling
  • Usually it is best to keep your NOTP to yourself, unless you wish to start a shipping war.2013, "Severus Snape", "Ship happens", The Sandscript (Sanderson High School, Raleigh, BC), March 2013 (April Fool's issue), page 5. From the entry NOTP
  • I don't remember when I started shipping Harrymort.2013 May 20, Inactive (@SamhainAndDean), Twitter. From the entry Harrymort

Meaning of shipping

  1. noun The transportation of goods.
  2. noun The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
  3. noun Passage or transport on a ship.

Full definition of shipping

Questions about shipping in a sentence

How do you use shipping in a sentence?
Shipping is used as a noun. For example: “The shipping is included in the quoted price.”
What is a short sentence with shipping?
“Ice has closed the channel to shipping.”
What does shipping mean?
Shipping means the transportation of goods.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shipping (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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