How to Use port in a Sentence

port

1 of 3 noun
  • What could a cruise port change?
    — Ryan Ballogg updated February 26, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • What are the busiest cruise ports?
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, ports can be hit or miss.
    — ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
  • So the port’s two dry docks lay idle.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Saiyub was in the port city to look for work.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The work can only be done in port.
    — Steve Walsh, NPR, 17 Jan. 2026
  • My cabin is high on the port side.
    — David Greig september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The ports left them open to hacking.
    — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Jebel Ali port doesn’t serve Dubai.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • There was plenty to do on sea and port days.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no beaches or cruise ports.
    — AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
  • The buttons and ports are in all the same places.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The buttons and ports are in all the same places.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
  • That port can charge the speaker up in three hours.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But port data showed that sales have not picked up.
    — semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Some foreign ports even refuse tankers with heavy crude.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • To recharge, these vessels had to sail back to a coastal port.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
  • The port, though, is hidden away in the back of the unit.
    — David English, PC Magazine, 20 June 2026
  • The stakes around Panama ports have risen sharply this year.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The rear of the speaker has a few more ports and controls.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Those are not ports that are well connected over land.
    — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
  • There is nothing quite like the moment a ship leaves port.
    — Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026
  • It's noted that ports are not made every year.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Not every port is made for this simple drink, though.
    — Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • The port does not currently use the land.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Yet neither city has its own deep-water cruise port.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Fifty-nine ships are headed toward the port.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Your feet will thank you after a walking-heavy day at port!
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Clouds of black smoke rose over the city’s port after the attack.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • Food can clog ports in the burner head and block flames from emerging.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026

port

2 of 3 verb
  • On deck, sun pads sit on the bow, with the helm to port and a seating area and table to starboard.
    — Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Dredging began to increase the depth so larger ships could come to port.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • While a few famously got lost on their way to port, this would ultimately be the last.
    — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
  • The ship later sank due to poor weather while being towed to port, Russia said.
    — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The Maine trembled and angled up, then listed to port, throwing him from his chair.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • For 17 months at sea, the family faired well, sailing from port to port and seeing the world.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
  • The bow deck stretches overhead offering shade while the open sides to port and starboard allow for ocean breezes.
    — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2025
  • And the truth involves an excuse to port Ashley Park into the show’s present?
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 June 2021
  • For example, is the advisor confident that their alts book will port over?
    — Mindy Diamond, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The handle, the followers, the social graph, all of it ported in seconds.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The 600-foot-long cruiser, mortally wounded, sank on the way to port.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Maybe all of our understanding could just be easily ported over.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The easiest way to keep an old number is to port it to Google Voice for a $20 fee.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 1 July 2021
  • The fishing vessel workers are fixing the nets of the vessels which are ported at Muncar.
    — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • As the Bravado heads to port, Sandy calls Nathan to the bridge to warn him that strong winds will make docking rough.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The problems have impacted the main line that takes coal from mines in the eastern Mpumalanga province to port.
    — Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Chinese companies port their names over into English in one of four ways, Knight said.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Naval bases are also fairly easy to spot—just look for a harbor or port with long, slender hulls (or aircraft carriers).
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2021
  • Even vessels that have refreshed their crew elsewhere have to wait two weeks before they’re allowed to port in China.
    — Jack Wittels, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Luckily, thanks to the skill of the crew, no one was seriously injured and the ship returned safely to port.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2016
  • Users could port their followers over to Threads from their Instagram accounts.
    — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 11 July 2023
  • Cumberland Sauces are always port wine-based and contain red currant jelly.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The Utah immediately began to list to port.
    — Linda Dudik, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Some of Apple’s biggest apps will likely be ported over from their iPad versions to the headset.
    — Emily Price, PCMAG, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Timmy didn’t want to do it, Susan Sarandon was too expensive by then, so songs were ported over.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The new hardware might convince more developers to port their games to macOS.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Nov. 2021
  • But it gets fitted with larger throttle bodies, ported cylinder heads, two-into-two exhaust, and race camshafts.
    — New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Deposits are relatively abundant and easy to mine, scraped off the Earth’s surface, crushed and hauled to port for shipping.
    — Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • Turn your ships around, return them to port, respect the freedom of navigation of the seas, and catastrophe may still be avoided.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Others have threatened to never use Unity again or port their existing projects to other game engines.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 15 Sep. 2023

port

3 of 3 adjective
  • The winery's port-style wine, Madeira Blanc du Bois, is also popular.
    — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Cruise ships, which are an easier way for older people to travel, now depart from port cities that are difficult to fly to.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • Historically, the population would settle in port cities such as New York.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Officials are concerned about the missing workers from the bridge, but also the port workers who may be temporarily unemployed if the harbor is shut down.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The striking workers include pilot service boat operators and deckhands needed to get port pilots on the inbound vessels.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The latest release, however, is a trio of whiskies that were finished in port barrels, another key element in the distillery’s maturation process.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Historically, the population would settle in port cities such as New York or Florida.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
  • The core bourbon from this Louisville distillery is finished in port barrels, but the latest addition to the lineup is given a secondary maturation in three different types of casks.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Many of these businesses have endured for decades—some more than a century—rooted not only in port cities like Los Angeles but also in the farmlands of the Midwest.
    — Nicholas Antoine, Forbes.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Since most families rely on Google Maps, Spotify and Netflix to stay informed and entertained on the road, a multi-port car charger is a must.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The war in Ukraine, rising energy prices and supply-chain disruptions during the pandemic have put port authorities on high alert for a rising number of cyberattacks.
    — Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But as another unpredictable year winds down with inflation rising, businesses complaining of labor shortages and cargo ships piling up in port cities like Oakland, what happens next is still far from certain.
    — Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Costing $8 million to build, the 729-foot-long ship was designed to haul taconite iron ore from mines in Duluth, Minnesota, to iron works in port cities around the Great Lakes.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2023
  • What To Know Xi addressed more than 20 world leaders during the SCO summit held in China's northern port city of Tianjin.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Da Vinci 5 improved adoption in both multi-port and single-port procedures, fostering surgeon preference through enhanced visualization and ergonomics.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The six-person tent also has convenient features to make your outdoor adventure extra cozy, like an overhead organization pocket, an E-port access point for extension cords, and a lofted hook for your lanterns and other essentials.
    — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
  • Maritime expeditions leaving from port cities like Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales offer up-close encounters with the inhabitants of these pristine waters, including several species of whales and dolphins.
    — AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
  • State news agency Efe said that 1,000 tractors were heading slowly towards Barcelona's city center, causing major traffic jams on roads into the northeastern port capital of Spain's Catalonia region.
    — Ciarán Giles and Raf Casert, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024

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