Examples of container in a Sentence

The tea leaves come in a small metal container. bowls, boxes, jars, and other containers The shipment of tools arrived at the dock in cargo containers yesterday.

Recent Examples on the Web Place them in a cornucopia, a basket or other decorative container and use it as a meaningful centerpiece for your table. — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 22 Sep. 2022 Then tape paper-punch circles and the decorative strips to a clear container or bowl. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2022 As the Jordan Cove Energy Project grew less and less likely, priority shifted to the container terminal. Container shipping forms the backbone of modern global trade. — oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2022 For a separate group of mice returned to the container after three weeks, the hippocampus stayed quiet. — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022 Also, make sure any container has a drain hole because no plant likes soggy feet. — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 21 Sep. 2022 Michelle Fairley, who plays mob matriarch Marian Wallace, and Orli Shuka, who portrays Albanian mafia leader Luan Dushaj, are having an intense conversation in a car while nearby ominously squats a massive steel container. — Clark Collis, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2022 The driver was found to be impaired and was arrested for OVI and open container. — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2022 Under a privatization deal signed with Gov. John Carney's administration in 2018, Gulftainer agreed to take over operations at the port for 50 years and invest almost $600 million in port upgrades and a new container-handling terminal at Edgemoor. — Randall Chase, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022 See More

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