1
: one that convoys
especially
: a protective escort (as for ships)
2
: the act of convoying
3
: a group convoyed or organized for convenience or protection in moving
Synonyms
Examples of convoy in a Sentence
Verb
The tankers were convoyed by warships.
Police and FBI agents convoyed the President to the White House.
Noun
a long convoy of trucks
The President always travels in a convoy.
Recent Examples on the Web
Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2023
Using technology to convoy (or platoon) trucks was pursued with vigor during the last decade.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
Representatives for the protesters also testified that some police officials forwarded to convoy organizers information regarding law-enforcement tactics and operations.
—Paul Vieira, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
The message came as thousands of truckers are expected to convoy from various locations to the nation's capital.
—Fox News, 23 Feb. 2022
New Glasgow's town crier James Stewart recounted the story: During World War I, Halifax ported ships that were getting ready to convoy across the Atlantic.
—Emily D'alessandro, CBS News, 25 Dec. 2021
There are two types of pieces—armies and fleets—which can typically only do three things: move, hold still, or support another piece to move or hold (fleets can also convoy with armies to move them across bodies of water).
—William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2020
Causeway police were convoying motorists on the southbound span when the series of crashes began.
—Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2018
The wreck happened while traffic was being convoyed by police because of fog.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2018
Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
The crossing facilities will be used to screen convoys in parallel to the screening at Rafah to hopefully double the amount of aid that enters Gaza, officials say.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024
As orderly as everything looked, the tractor convoy was an example of the enormous lengths to which East Coast ports, railways, truckers and shipping lines have gone to remake supply chains after a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Entry into Big Sur is now limited to residents with valid identification and emergency workers only, and twice daily convoys on one lane of the highway allow locals to leave and return to Big Sur.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
Beyond Gaza’s borders, ties between Egypt and Israel have grown strained as Israel insists on inspecting all convoys from Egypt after years of tolerating arms smuggling.
—Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2024
The video was recorded at 4:22 a.m., seven minutes before the IDF said the convoy had crossed over into northern Gaza.
—Katie Polglase, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Israel’s probe of the WCK attack found that operators of the unmanned aerial vehicle tracking the convoy were not made aware of its coordination plan.
—Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
All of their convoys are back in Cyprus and all operations in Gaza have been paused for now, a World Central Kitchen spokesperson told Fortune.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Verb
Harris says the association is working with federal agencies and the Mexican government to convoy across the border and distribute supplies around Tijuana and in Mexican shelters next week.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2023
Using technology to convoy (or platoon) trucks was pursued with vigor during the last decade.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
Representatives for the protesters also testified that some police officials forwarded to convoy organizers information regarding law-enforcement tactics and operations.
—Paul Vieira, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
The message came as thousands of truckers are expected to convoy from various locations to the nation's capital.
—Fox News, 23 Feb. 2022
New Glasgow's town crier James Stewart recounted the story: During World War I, Halifax ported ships that were getting ready to convoy across the Atlantic.
—Emily D'alessandro, CBS News, 25 Dec. 2021
There are two types of pieces—armies and fleets—which can typically only do three things: move, hold still, or support another piece to move or hold (fleets can also convoy with armies to move them across bodies of water).
—William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2020
Causeway police were convoying motorists on the southbound span when the series of crashes began.
—Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2018
The wreck happened while traffic was being convoyed by police because of fog.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2018
Noun
That March 6 blast came within a few hundred yards of a convoy carrying Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, who was touring the country’s principal shipyard with the visiting Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotaki.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
The crossing facilities will be used to screen convoys in parallel to the screening at Rafah to hopefully double the amount of aid that enters Gaza, officials say.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024
As orderly as everything looked, the tractor convoy was an example of the enormous lengths to which East Coast ports, railways, truckers and shipping lines have gone to remake supply chains after a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Entry into Big Sur is now limited to residents with valid identification and emergency workers only, and twice daily convoys on one lane of the highway allow locals to leave and return to Big Sur.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
Beyond Gaza’s borders, ties between Egypt and Israel have grown strained as Israel insists on inspecting all convoys from Egypt after years of tolerating arms smuggling.
—Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2024
The video was recorded at 4:22 a.m., seven minutes before the IDF said the convoy had crossed over into northern Gaza.
—Katie Polglase, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Israel’s probe of the WCK attack found that operators of the unmanned aerial vehicle tracking the convoy were not made aware of its coordination plan.
—Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
All of their convoys are back in Cyprus and all operations in Gaza have been paused for now, a World Central Kitchen spokesperson told Fortune.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
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