How to Use delivery in a Sentence

delivery

noun
  • Someone has to be home to accept delivery of the package.
  • The baby weighed almost seven pounds at the time of delivery.
  • The doctor expects it to be a routine delivery.
  • The delivery is scheduled for this morning.
  • I need to work on my delivery before I give the speech.
  • The joke was funny, but his delivery was terrible.
  • The doctor has had three deliveries today.
  • Allow six weeks for delivery.
  • The company offers free delivery with orders over $100.
  • One fix may lie in his delivery.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But much of the growth has been in new types of food-delivery venues.
    — Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022
  • The delivery process was very easy.
    — Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The delivery process was very easy.
    — Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
  • More than a fourth of the deaths happened the day of delivery.
    — Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Customers will be able to choose their time slots for delivery.
    — Emery Glover, Des Moines Register, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Their dad, Charles, is the delivery man.
    — Edie Kasten, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Trump has railed against the project’s cost and delivery delays.
    — Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • That line delivery is a naked self-critique.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Porsche says deliveries should start in the spring.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Try a few side gigs like Kirk Swan delivery man.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • His delivery was raw and deeply human.
    — Becca Brazil, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Gosling said in his trademark slight-smirk delivery.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Foot traffic is down; delivery is up.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In the end, Healy says drone delivery is going to be free.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Our pizza casserole tops a greasy delivery pie any day of the week.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
  • Back to your classrooms and delivery trucks.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Some opted for a pitch that would work well off their other stuff or their delivery.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2022
  • The pace of delivery and breaks for applause can lengthen a speech.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Try one of the many high protein meal delivery services, of course!
    — Rita Templeton, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The researchers worked on beam delivery, a system of lasers that trap and cool these atoms.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025

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