How to Use unload in a Sentence

unload

verb
  • It took four hours to unload the truck.
  • Could you help me unload the car?
  • I have to unload the groceries.
  • She unloaded a huge amount of stock when prices fell.
  • After the ship docked, they unloaded its cargo.
  • The train made several stops to unload passengers.
  • Most ships unload at another dock now.
  • Rumor has it that the manager wants to unload him. Maybe he'll be traded to another team.
  • The mid-block dock for trucks to load and unload?
    — Robert Yaro, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Why did this feel like the right time to unload some of this stuff?
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Teenagers run wild with guns and don't think twice to unload their weapons.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
  • Broad had been trying to unload the home for the last two years.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
  • Here, my dad would unload the boat and guide it onto the lake.
    — Tiffany Johnson, Star Tribune, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The trucks have been packed, shipped east or west and unloaded.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Slow to load with cars, slow to cross, slow to unload on the other side.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2019
  • There’s plenty of time to unload.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • There are a lot of trailers out there that need to be unloaded.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The church is in need of volunteers to help unload the truck.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
  • This is the signal that the bus is stopped to load or unload children.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Others helped unload the baggage car near the front of the train.
    — Amy Beth Hanson, ajc, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Then when unloading you don’t touch the eating part of the fork.
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • All of the ladies join together to build the fire, load and unload the pots.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 28 July 2020
  • Matthews then unloaded on what his tax dollars shouldn’t be used for.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
  • What would a man do on parental leave—watch his wife unload the dishwasher?
    — Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2019
  • That makes this a good time to unload some of the thoughts that kept popping up over the last three weeks.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • The no-fall lid stays open on its own making loading and unloading a breeze.
    — Outdoor Life, 16 Mar. 2020
  • This year for the first time, the older boys loaded and unloaded the van.
    — Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • After his dreams are all but dashed, Shah unloads on himself.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Somebody has to clean the carcasses, drive the trucks and unload the haul.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
  • One of those planes unloaded Delevett, Lam, and their cousins.
    — Jennifer Brookland, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025

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