How to Use busload in a Sentence

busload

noun
  • So border agents open the gates and bring migrants through the wall by the busload.
    Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Police were hauling Black youths off to state prison camps by the busload.
    USA Today, 20 May 2021
  • The beaches are a short drive away and water parks hold summer camp kids by the busload.
    Brooke Henderson, miamiherald, 13 June 2017
  • Throughout the school year, it is often filled with busloads of children on field trips.
    Eric Adler and Steve Vockrodt, kansascity, 18 May 2018
  • The sainted Tom Brady had a busload of go-to receivers over the years.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • The busload of tourists saw her and basically drooped over the side of the bus screaming her name!
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Monday’s arrivals are the ninth busload of people to be sent to the city since June.
    Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Busloads of tourists come to pet and feed cubs, play with tigers, walk them on leashes, and take selfies with a tiger’s head in their lap.
    Sharon Guynup, National Geographic, 21 Jan. 2016
  • The mood shifted as a busload of federal agents in protective gear rolled in.
    Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Sinhalese arrived by the busload, fanning out to nearby towns.
    Amanda Taub and Max Fisher, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Last year, leaders there prepared for the arrival of a busload of migrants, but that did not happen.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Two more busloads arrived on Tuesday and four more on Wednesday.
    Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Second trip later in the year was like a busload of fans there, but the Queen was regal and calm as ever.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Two busloads of students were about to vanish forever, and yet the violence was far from over.
    Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The next day, the hotel received two busloads of people from the city, according to the complaint.
    Nicki Brown, CNN, 13 May 2023
  • Eerily quiet at times, though a busload of pub-hoppers can take it from a quiet buzz to a cacophonous crowd in a heartbeat.
    Dominic Armato, azcentral, 6 June 2018
  • In front of the busload of children, the man stabbed the driver, who was rushed to a hospital but later died of his injuries.
    Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
  • As many as 30 busloads of people will be coming from Dallas to protest, Dar said.
    NBC News, 22 Sep. 2019
  • And these ancient stones are even more beautiful and enigmatic at night, when the lamplights glow, and the busloads of tourists are long gone.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
  • And these ancient stones are even more beautiful and enigmatic at night, when the lamplights glow, and the busloads of tourists are long gone.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Busloads of tourists stop by the home to snap pictures, blocking traffic in the quiet village of Argyll.
    Caroline Picard, House Beautiful, 15 Aug. 2016
  • And not long after, visitors started coming by the busload to do a little shopping in one of its (now 13) shops.
    CBS News, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Lately, busloads of Chinese tourists have lined up at the port to take sightseeing boats to nearby Elba.
    Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2019
  • According to the players’ families, the school brought busloads of fans and students down to Charlotte.
    Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Jackson followed with busloads of protesters.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • In the weeks ahead of the election, busloads of Democratic canvassers fanned out across Luzerne County.
    Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2024
  • In July, a busload of 16 people was kidnapped in the northern city of Gros-Morne.
    Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Absent a busload of big names, the event is focusing on the First Amendment and the crucial role of the press in a democracy.
    Jocelyn Noveck, The Seattle Times, 28 Apr. 2017
  • There is another long journey to Worksop tonight, another busload heading south.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • In April, cops in Georgia pulled over a busload of mostly Black college athletes for the most specious of reasons.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 11 May 2022

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