How to Use conveyor in a Sentence

conveyor

noun
  • Ride the conveyor lift to the top, then slide down one of their many chutes.
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Then it gets wrapped, sealed, and sent down a conveyor for boxing.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2019
  • On the conveyor belt a section vibrates to shake out pieces that are too small.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 28 June 2022
  • This park in Williams has two conveyor lifts for snow tubing.
    — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Once mixed, the asphalt would then be sent by conveyor to silos to be stored.
    — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2022
  • The manuscripts of course, which arrived as if on a conveyor belt from agents and authors.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But we weren't made for nylon conveyor belts and plastic stairs.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2017
  • On the other side of the walkway was a three-tier conveyor belt system.
    — Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Tens of millions of masks can roll off a factory’s conveyor belts in a month.
    — Doug Bock Clark, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The floor, ceilings and baggage conveyors are new, too.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha september 30, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The region is so flat and so desolate that the conveyor stands out, even from space.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Then the action jumps to a bird’s-eye view as the camera wheels in sync with the earth movers or conveyor belts.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2021
  • There is a conveyor belt to transport the limestone rocks into the prison camp.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The floor, ceilings and baggage conveyors are new, too.
    — Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Think of these like a series of gates, through which the car-carrying conveyor belt runs.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 22 June 2018
  • Inside his plant, streams of cans, bottles and paper roll by on conveyor belts.
    — Jason Margolis, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Breaking free from the career conveyor belt brings confused looks and head shakes.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In Bangkok, the boats move algae off lakes using conveyor belts.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Desserts are topped off as salads come together along a conveyor belt.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Omega, meanwhile, gets her foot caught in one of the conveyor belts, and Hunter saves her in the nick of time.
    — Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 4 June 2021
  • The sushi will then be sent over to their booths via a conveyor belt that will be threaded from the kitchen to the dining room.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • The fire, which was on the first and second floors and in the conveyor belt, was under control in about an hour.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2021
  • But this whole conveyor system is in danger of disruption as the poles warm.
    — National Geographic, 25 Oct. 2016
  • To use the sorting machine, bins full of packages are poured onto a conveyor belt.
    — Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Patients were wheeled in and out of the colonoscopy room with the efficiency of a conveyor belt.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Sushi served via conveyor belt Food is served on a two-tier conveyor belt system.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In just over an hour the containers are inside, their contents on the conveyors.
    — Barry D. Wood, USA TODAY, 10 May 2018
  • Their adventure includes a botched sushi date and a high-speed chase on topsy turvy conveyor belts of doors.
    — Joyce Bautista Ferrari, Marie Claire, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Cooks dredge chicken parts in flour and place them on a slow-moving conveyor belt at one end of the contraption.
    — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 6 June 2018
  • The noise of the conveyor belts and packing machines creates a constant roar.
    — Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 25 May 2023

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