CARGO in a Sentence

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The well-equipped docks, tall piles of cargo containers, and numerous vessels being loaded all betoken Oakland's importance as a port.

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 Meanings and Examples of CARGO
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cargo
 n.  freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  He disappeared, and presently returned with the wagon, put the two small sacks into it, threw some old rags on top of them, and started off, dragging his cargo behind him.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
2  Asked me questions about the vessel, the time she left Marseilles, the course she had taken, and what was her cargo.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.
3  The master was to get all this out of Leghorn free of duties, and land it on the shores of Corsica, where certain speculators undertook to forward the cargo to France.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
4  They turned the bowsprit towards Sardinia, where they intended to take in a cargo, which was to replace what had been discharged.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
5  This new cargo was destined for the coast of the Duchy of Lucca, and consisted almost entirely of Havana cigars, sherry, and Malaga wines.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
6  The old patron, who was obliged to sail in the morning in order to land his cargo on the frontiers of Piedmont and France, between Nice and Frejus, urged Dantes to try and rise.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
7  But, after we had taken in our cargo, the wind became contrary, so that we were four or five days without being able to enter the Rhone.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
8  Our expedition lasted nearly six weeks; we had been to Lucca to take in oil, to Leghorn for English cottons, and we ran our cargo without opposition, and returned home full of joy.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
9  On our arrival we began to discharge our cargo in the night, and to convey it into the town, by the help of the inn-keeper with whom we were connected.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
10  He had never lost a boat or even been forced to dump a cargo.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  It's hard to salvage jettisoned cargo and, if it is retrieved, it's usually irreparably damaged.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
12  While other hulls are loaded down with alien stuff, to be transferred to foreign wharves; the world-wandering whale-ship carries no cargo but herself and crew, their weapons and their wants.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
13  Hereby the casks are sought to be kept damply tight; while by the changed character of the withdrawn water, the mariners readily detect any serious leakage in the precious cargo.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.
14  I then took off my spectacles, and waiting about an hour, till the tide was a little fallen, I waded through the middle with my cargo, and arrived safe at the royal port of Lilliput.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V.
15  I put my cows and sheep into my coat-pockets, and got on board with all my little cargo of provisions.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VIII.
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  The terrorists parked the van with its deadly cargo in a dark alleyway.
2  The ship's cargo is stowed in the hold.
3  Huge cranes are swinging cargo up.
4  A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.
5  Last night a cargo ship collided with a tanker carrying crude oil.
6  A cargo plane/ship/vessel carries cargo.
7  Ferries are very powerful and manoeuvrable compared to cargo ships.
8  Unloading the cargo was a slow process.
9  The ship embarked passengers and cargo at New York port.
10  Several privateer often cruise near the entrance of the channel to search big cargo.
11  The nation's security forces were active this weekend after U.S. authorities intercepted two packages laden with explosives in cargo shipments from Yemen.
12  We really don't yet have technology that can effectively detect the presence of radiation in naval cargo.
13  The well-equipped docks, tall piles of cargo containers, and numerous vessels being loaded all betoken Oakland's importance as a port.
14  In order to enable the ship to ride safely through the storm, the captain had to jettison much of his cargo.
15  The ship was allowed to unload cargo on the wharf.