How to Use shipment in a Sentence

shipment

noun
  • This box is ready for shipment.
  • We sent out another shipment of books.
  • My order was delivered in two shipments.
  • But those shipments have now dried up.
    — ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Wait until your shipment does not make it.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • There was just one problem with the shipment.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • New orders and shipments both saw gains.
    — Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Yet, the shipment might still get delayed.
    — Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • But that decline was offset by shipments to the rest of the world.
    — Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Users will need to create an account to set up seafood shipments.
    — Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The shipment arrived just a few days ahead of the first of three spacewalks.
    — Marcia Dunn, Chron, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Cost per shipment went up 3 percent.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Your country has not received oil shipments in weeks.
    — NBC news, 22 Mar. 2026
  • At the end of the year, that was up to 45 million shipments per month.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • When the shipment of six fun pieces arrives, it’s bound to be the highlight of your month.
    — Yolanda Wikiel, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2023
  • At one point, the store received a shipment of about 250 desks.
    — Chantel Tattoli, New York Times, 25 June 2023
  • Oil shipments from Venezuela cease to Cuba.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • Delays of around two to three days are expected for all air freight shipments.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
  • His next shipment of boards is expected to arrive this week.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The shipment contains enough food for almost half a million meals.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Most insure their shipments and keep ordering open around the clock.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Those shipments were blocked after the capture of Maduro.
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Less certain is whether prices will come down once the war ends and oil shipments stabilize.
    — Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The outbreak was traced to a shipment of small mammals from Ghana that were sold as pets.
    — Maggie Fox, CNN, 16 July 2021
  • It's been three months since any oil shipment has reached the country and the highways are empty.
    — George Solis, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
  • This marked the third time Sanders has forced a vote to block arms shipments to Israel.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 July 2025
  • The try-on period ends 7 days from the day your last shipment arrives.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Before the war, about 20% of global oil shipments moved through the strait.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • Clicks expects shipments later this year.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Indirect shipments, in and of themselves, aren’t a bad thing.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025

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