How to Use loading in a Sentence
loading
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What changed in the loading and/or the strength of the structure?
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 June 2022
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The rest of him was placed on a cart and rolled out to a loading dock.
—Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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The loading of the weapons, the kid driving through the streets with the bicycle.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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He was found dead on a loading dock in Fairview in 2016.
—Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2021
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Whole Foods staff helped load up the Lovin' Spoonfuls van at the loading dock.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022
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Any delta wing has a large area, so wing loading is low.
—Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
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His wife was loading bags into the Range Rover and wasn’t hurt.
—Tom Steele, Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2020
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The store’s on-street loading zone and all the parking spaces on that block were gone overnight.
—Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
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So Schmidt took to sneaking in and out of the center via a back loading dock.
—New York Times, 16 Dec. 2020
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The fire burned in a trailer filled with fireworks that was parked at the loading dock.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
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The output is good, and the front loading door made refills easy.
—Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2022
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The top loading feature is easy to use and the edges are reinforced, as are the holes.
—Chris Hachey, BGR, 29 Apr. 2021
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What did Prescott do rather than show up at the back loading dock at The Star to have a swab stuck up his nose?
—David Moore, Dallas News, 24 July 2020
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The suspect entered the Union The suspect entered through a loading dock at the Union, said Whyte.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2023
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The aim is to prevent the fuel leaks that plagued past loading attempts.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 15 Nov. 2022
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In April, however, Epic gave up on side-loading and moved to the Play Store.
—Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 13 Aug. 2020
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The wide ramps leading up to the wooden plateau from the sidewalk align with where loading docks used to be.
—John King, SFChronicle.com, 18 Nov. 2020
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The cylinder on the R8 is cut for moon clips to aid with fast loading and unloading.
—Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 24 Jan. 2023
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The cabaret was the first of what promises to be more shows at the loading dock this fall, The cabaret runs again at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
—Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 24 Sep. 2020
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There’s a bottleneck at the bottom of the stairs at the loading platform.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
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On the other side, in murky light, stood an empty loading dock.
—Tracy Kidder, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
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Saving a few dozen seconds of loading time might not seem like a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2020
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The killing happened in August 2003 on or near a warehouse loading dock in the West End.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2021
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Be sure to bring your own loading help, too, and make sure that the TV can fit in your vehicle.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 27 May 2024
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The tractor-trailer was already there, backed up to the loading dock.
—New York Times, 31 Mar. 2022
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He was clothed when found in the top-loading washing machine.
—Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022
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Some have to have their rotor blades removed to fit through the loading door to the convention floor.
—Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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The cache thus reduces the amount of data downloaded and speeds up the whole page-loading process.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 4 Mar. 2021
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Most famously, there was a patent preventing minigames to be used in loading screens.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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There’s a small receiving room for customers to pick up or drop off bottles and a loading dock for the larger orders.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
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