How to Use ship in a Sentence

ship

1 of 2 noun
  • He will travel by ship.
  • Did your ship break through a lot of ice?
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • For a new class of ship, that’s not bad.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Who else happened to be on the ship?
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • This is 150-foot two-scale ship.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The face that launched a thousand ships.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Still, the ship-buying is no sure thing.
    Tony Capaccio, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • And turns and pushes [the ship].
    Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
  • From some angles, the ship can look top-heavy.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • For now, the team must lick its wounds and be ready to right the ship.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There, the empty ship was to load up on rice.
    Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Scores of ships are waiting to sail through the strait.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • From there, ships can then travel to the rest of the world.
    Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • What is your favorite place to hang out on board the ship?
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2026
  • Maybe ship Enid with somebody her own age.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.
    Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
  • For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The Lightning have two days to right the ship.
    Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Sales need to be arranged, oil needs to move through pipes and on ships.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
  • There is still time to right the ship and get the program back on track.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • That translates to about 17 ships per day.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • And so some of the ships are larger than others.
    AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
  • It was built to insure ships in oceans no one trusted.
    Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Getting on and off the ship took seconds most days.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 25 May 2026
  • But siblings may also pass like ships in the night.
    Geoffrey Greif, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Sea trials of the ship are planned for later this year.
    IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Half-mast refers to flags flown on ships, while half-staff is used for flags flown on land.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Half-mast refers to flags flown on ships, while half-staff is used for flags flown on land.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The aircraft will be shipped via cargo ship.
    Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026

ship

2 of 2 verb
  • The goods were shipped from a foreign port.
  • The software will ship next month.
  • The soldiers were shipped overseas for duty.
  • The company will ship its new software next month.
  • When the waves increased, the boat began shipping water.
  • Your order is expected to ship soon.
  • The first batch was shipped this week.
    Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Plants are shipped in their pots, ready to grow.
    ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Every bolt has to be shipped in.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The jeans will ship later this month.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
  • Items can be shipped to the same address.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • It cannot be shipped across state lines either.
    Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Code gets written, checked and shipped.
    Khurram Javed Mir, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Those left over will be shipped to other stores.
    Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
  • People pay to have this thing shipped to their house.
    Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Where were the chicken nuggets shipped?
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Theo was fired for shipping the wrong things, fast.
    Rocky Sharma, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The bigger form quads will ship by the end of next year.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Use cases that once took weeks to build can ship in hours.
    Sarah Elk, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Keep scrolling to see more at-home saunas that can be shipped to your front door.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The goods were shipped via China.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • One man got a new gearbox shipped to Ghana.
    ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The new one was to have been shipped Tuesday.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • From there, the beer is sealed, stacked, and shipped to all 50 states.
    Rachelle Graham, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • With this in mind, be wary of where your mask is being made and shipped from.
    Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There are many breeders online who can ship them.
    Alina Hartounian, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The aircraft will be shipped via cargo ship.
    Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That damn salt was shipped here from three other countries.
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • And everything can be shipped to your door.
    Liz Knueven, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • And all along that way there’s leaking and then it’s shipped to places around the world.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026

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