How to Use crate in a Sentence

crate

1 of 2 noun

• The bear arrived at the zoo in a crate.
• One day the old crate just wouldn't start.
• They used a crate of oranges to make enough juice for everyone.
• Each milk crate holds nine bottles.
• This crate is fast and easy to set up.
  — Jessica Moore, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
• The crate should be a place that your dog likes to be in.
  — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
• The storage crates were in the house.
  — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• No coaxing or pulling from the crate.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026
• It was seen in a dog crate later in the video.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
• Choose a crate that is a comfortable size for your dog.
  — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
• Save some cash and build your own using a couple of crates.
  — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 28 Apr. 2026
• But that doesn’t mean every crate and box is useful.
  — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
• This was gifted to us in exchange for a milk crate of deer meat.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2022
• In one, an empty egg crate was filled with newborn rats.
  — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
• In another area, pop-up crates for dogs were stacked on wheels.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• Make your dog's crate cozy Think of the crate as a cozy safe space for your pup.
  — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
• These shelters ask people to bring shot records, food, and a crate.
  — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
• This could be a crate, bed, or simply a spot in the corner of the room.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• The fruit is packed into crates, which weigh about 50 pounds apiece once full.
  — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
• Bee Cave Bob arrived in a crate lined with shirts and rags.
  — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026
• The crate was in the bathroom, where Betsy was found.
  — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• Consider how large your dog will be when buying a crate.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
• One volunteer nearly had the male pig in a crate.
  — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
• Anderson was not tempted to crack open a crate for a taste test.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
• The other was concealed in a dog crate with a small dog in the living room.
  — Jason Green, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
• One dog died in a crate, three died in a trailer and two died in a car in a parking lot.
  — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
• The crates had numbers stencilled on them and were piled to the ceiling.
  — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
• Dug has experience with kids and dogs and is crate and room trained.
  — Our Companions, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
• Many crates come with dividers to adjust as your puppy grows.
  — Jessica Moore, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
• Make sure that the door of the crate is propped open or removed entirely.
  — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025

crate

2 of 2 verb

• The equipment was crated today and will be shipped tomorrow.
• Wire crates are the most popular type of home crate for those who crate train their dog.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 8 Apr. 2020
• Keep in mind that even an adult dog ideally won’t be crated for too long.
  — Chrissy Patterson, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Pretty sure she was crated if she ever was allowed in [the house].
  — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
• Wingshooters at the end of the day often gather around the truck to case the guns and crate the dogs.
  — Field & Stream, 30 July 2020
• Works are crated, unpacked, installed, sold (or not), and shipped out to the buyer.
  — Vulture, 5 June 2023
• One of the household works from home, so Kobe is not left crated for long periods of time.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
• There are many reasons that crate training has become more commonplace.
  — Chrissy Patterson, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
• The clinic is open to both dogs and cats, who must be appropriately leashed or crated.
  — Courant Community, 16 May 2017
• So my son asked his sister to please crate the dog when his children (the 4-year-old and a 2-year-old) were to be in her home.
  — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 6 May 2018
• One theory holds that reducing stimuli at night might work, but she wasn't sold on the idea of crating him in the dark for hours.
  — Author: Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2018
• Crating your dog Crating can be a good training tool and is necessary for travel.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 June 2017
• One airline suggests crating it, putting the crate in your car, then driving through a carwash, to prepare for what the trip might be like.
  — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
• But that didn’t stop an ambitious thief from crating himself up and shipping himself airmail.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 24 May 2017
• As it was being crated, Allied bombs began to fall over Königsberg.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Mar. 2026
• Next, the engine is balanced, then crated up and sent over to PMC to be installed in a car.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2020
• Once on the ground, the supplies were unloaded and the animals were crated, then carried on board and strapped into seats.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2018
• However, some homeowners prefer a wood dog crate for in the house, using it both as a decoration and a place to crate their dog.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 8 Apr. 2020
• Pets must be under owner supervision at all times and can only be left unattended at the hotel if they are crated.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 29 Mar. 2023
• Cities often have an interest in crating rules tailored to their communities.
  — Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• After a half-hour of waiting to see a doctor, Becky grew concerned about the couple’s dogs, who had been crated for more than 13 hours.
  — Sandra G. Boodman, sacbee.com, 19 June 2017
• That means, possums, raccoons and other small mammals will get crated and placed in a large staff conference room inside a concrete building at the front of the park.
  — Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• For most retrospective exhibits, artists will borrow artwork from collectors and pay to have the work crated and shipped to the museum.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
• As fighting intensified, the Germans dismantled the room and crated it up.
  — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2020
• Every single thing has been saved including the original plaster walls, They are crated in plywood and have been removed whole.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• For more information, the Humane Society has a very helpful guide to crate training.
  — Medea Giordano, Wired, 4 June 2020
• Bandelettes crated a solution by developing thigh bands that prevent that painful summer chafing.
  — Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
• Monkeys and birds prove to be the most troubling to crate, while herding large animals into hurricane-code shelters runs much smoother, Hinson said.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Mar. 2021
• The filling is completely made of egg crate orthopedic foam that provides ample air circulation and relieves pressure points on their body.
  — Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2021
• More high-value ornaments—the ones that get prime, outer-tree placement in the winter—are bubble wrapped and crated until next October.
  — Robert Khederian, Town & Country, 13 Dec. 2018