Example sentences for: convoy

How can you use “convoy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The flagship vessel, called Sea Venture, was separated from the rest of the convoy and eventually snagged on the reefs just east of Bermuda on 28 July 1609.

  • The NYT explains that since the plan will let some banks fail, it is a departure from Japan's "convoy" system via which all banks support one another.

  • As the islanders watched from their hills, the more mobile British mercilessly chopped up the French convoy until finally de Grasse surrendered.

  • The main story across Europe, though, was NATO's admission that it accidentally bombed a refugee convoy in Kosovo.

  • When NATO bombs what it thought was a military convoy and instead hits a caravan of civilian refugees, killing scores, it's a man-bites-dog story.


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