On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Carry. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as hold or bear and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Carry in a sentence
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Carry meaning
- To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
Synonyms of Carry
Carry vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Carry
- The main meaning on this page is: To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. | To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another. | To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- Useful related words include: hold, bear, have, sustain.
- Possible Dutch translations are: dragen.
- In the example corpus, carry often appears in combinations such as: to carry, carry out, carry the.
Context around Carry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carry
- In this selection, "carry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, per, concealed, open, permit, bit and concealed stand out and add context to how "carry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 105 could carry either a, a concealed carry permit application, per carry and concealed carry. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carry" sits close to words such as recorded, village and bought, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Today, we carry, and will forever carry, the Gaza shame like an albatross. (13 words)
Discussions have included climate change, beach erosion and why carry in/carry out policies are important for all creatures. (19 words)
Over the past few years, Scarborough has transitioned its public beaches and parks to a carry-in/carry-out model. (20 words)
Hall was so explosive in his return to action, in fact, that a chart detailing the “yards after contact per carry and missed tackles forced per carry” from NFL running backs in Week 1 shows just how far ahead of his colleagues he is. (44 words)
Rentmeester has “long been a fan of luggage for the price, color options, practicality and durability” but also likes Roam’s Large Carry-On hardcase carry-on rollers that come in customizable shades of red, soft pink, slate blue and more. (41 words)
Despite calling it just a national right to carry, the proposal Ernst is referring to would allow anyone with a concealed carry permit issued by their home state to carry a concealed gun in any state that allows concealed carry. (40 words)
When the interviewer asked, just because a woman can do it all doesn’t mean she should, Shakira said: “Why not share the load with people who deserve to carry it, who have a duty to carry it as well? (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Despite calling it just a national right to carry, the proposal Ernst is referring to would allow anyone with a concealed carry permit issued by their home state to carry a concealed gun in any state that allows concealed carry.
In assembly language, these options were specified by adding a letter to the opcode: 'O' — set the carry bit; 'Z' — clear the carry bit, 'C' — complement the carry bit, nothing — leave the carry bit alone.
Concealed carry and open-carry of a handgun is permitted with a Tennessee handgun carry permit or an equivalent permit from a reciprocating state.
The only way to carry a firearm on your person in Canada is if you are a licensed trapper and obtain a Wilderness Carry Permit to carry a non-restricted or restricted firearm for protection against dangerous game.
As a bomber, the F-105 could carry either a single nuclear weapon internally or the jet could carry a conventional bomb load larger than World War II-era bombers like the B-17 or B-24.
Discussions have included climate change, beach erosion and why carry in/carry out policies are important for all creatures.
Hall was so explosive in his return to action, in fact, that a chart detailing the “yards after contact per carry and missed tackles forced per carry” from NFL running backs in Week 1 shows just how far ahead of his colleagues he is.
Her sailing ships can only carry a tiny fraction of the cargo of a modern container ship - some of which carry more than 20,000 containers.
Putting this all together we can see that the stock market today has massive negative carry which makes shorting (rather than owning it) the positive carry trade.
Rentmeester has “long been a fan of luggage for the price, color options, practicality and durability” but also likes Roam’s Large Carry-On hardcase carry-on rollers that come in customizable shades of red, soft pink, slate blue and more.
The review also warned that staff at times are unable to carry out personal care and hygiene care for Mr Thornton as he will not allow some specific staff to carry this out.
The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office has approved a concealed carry permit application months after the Supreme Court of the United States (2022) decision changed the concealed carry landscape.
Assistive devices will not count toward carry-on or checked bag limit but are restricted by weight and carry-on size.
Jackson leads all quarterbacks in rushing yards and yards per carry, while Henry leads the NFL in carries, rush yards, yards per carry and rushing touchdowns.
Making careful choices about how much money you carry and where you carry it can help deter theft and, failing that, minimize your losses.
Over the past few years, Scarborough has transitioned its public beaches and parks to a carry-in/carry-out model.
That’s a miserable 2.7 yards per carry and both backs had a YPC below three 3.0 yards per carry.
Today, we carry, and will forever carry, the Gaza shame like an albatross.
Under California’s new law, people could not carry concealed guns in 26 categories of “sensitive places” including hospitals, playgrounds, stadiums, zoos and places of worship, regardless whether they had permits to carry concealed weapons.
When the interviewer asked, just because a woman can do it all doesn’t mean she should, Shakira said: “Why not share the load with people who deserve to carry it, who have a duty to carry it as well?
Phrases with carry
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with carry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to carry 96×
- carry out 38×
- carry the 19×
- carry on 19×
- can carry 16×
- per carry 10×
- will carry 8×
- concealed carry 7×
- carry and 7×
- could carry 7×