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Convoy is an English word with synonyms like escort or procession. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Convoy in a sentence

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Convoy meaning

  1. One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
  2. A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
  3. The act of convoying; protection.

Using Convoy

  • The main meaning on this page is: One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels. | A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort. | The act of convoying; protection.
  • Useful related words include: escort, procession, collection, aggregation.
  • In the example corpus, convoy often appears in combinations such as: the convoy, convoy of, convoy was.

Context around Convoy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Convoy

  • In this selection, "convoy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, military, humanitarian, civilian, escort, organizer and trampled stand out and add context to how "convoy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a civilian convoy attempting to and a military convoy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "convoy" sits close to words such as agreeing, applicant and carey, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with convoy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

After a while, the convoy was seen moving away from the flooded part of the road. (16 words)

Battleships powerful enough to destroy any convoy escort, with escorts able to annihilate the convoy, were never achieved. (18 words)

Ships sailing in convoy presented a much smaller target: a convoy was as hard to find as a single ship. (20 words)

Coupled with a series of major convoy battles in the space of a month, it undermined confidence in the convoy system in March 1943, to the point Britain considered abandoning it, Roskill, p. 375; Milner, North Atlantic Run; van der Vat. (41 words)

A military convoy of Humvees leaving Washington, DC the day after the Inauguration of Barack Obama Truckers' convoys Truckers' convoys consisting of semi-trailer trucks and/or petrol tankers are more similar to a caravan than a military convoy. (39 words)

It was realised the area of a convoy increased by the square of its perimeter, meaning the same number of ships, using the same number of escorts, was better protected in one convoy than in two. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Convoy organizer Peter Chambers, a former Green Beret who claims he retired because of “the mandates for the vaccines,” is also sponsoring the convoy through his Remnant A-Team ministry.

The convoy was celebrating its 25 anniversary, and took a moment to recognise their staunchest supporters - including Shane Cassidy who has the honour of having been with the convoy since its very beginning.

The Israel Defense Forces says Gazans rushing the humanitarian convoy trampled each other and convoy vehicles, attempting to escape, ran over others.

Gunfire continued to be heard in Ras al-Ain midafternoon by members of a civilian convoy attempting to reach the city, according to Robin Fleming, an American researcher traveling with the convoy.

Nasarawa killings: IDPs pelt Gov. Al-Makura’s convoy with stones Gov. Umaru Al-Makura’s convoy was on Tuesday pelted with.

The convoy was originally called the Yellow Vest Convoy, in reference to the Canadian yellow-vest movement, whose members frequently spread hateful rhetoric against immigrants, particularly Muslims.

The Naxals used an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to attack the convoy at Shyamgiri hills as the BJP leader’s convoy was heading towards Kuwakonda from Bacheli area.

A military convoy of Humvees leaving Washington, DC the day after the Inauguration of Barack Obama Truckers' convoys Truckers' convoys consisting of semi-trailer trucks and/or petrol tankers are more similar to a caravan than a military convoy.

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Battleships powerful enough to destroy any convoy escort, with escorts able to annihilate the convoy, were never achieved.

Coupled with a series of major convoy battles in the space of a month, it undermined confidence in the convoy system in March 1943, to the point Britain considered abandoning it, Roskill, p. 375; Milner, North Atlantic Run; van der Vat.

It was realised the area of a convoy increased by the square of its perimeter, meaning the same number of ships, using the same number of escorts, was better protected in one convoy than in two.

Now aware of the approach of the large Japanese reinforcement convoy, the U.S. desperately sought some way to interdict the convoy before it could reach Guadalcanal.

Ships sailing in convoy presented a much smaller target: a convoy was as hard to find as a single ship.

The convoy commodore does not command the convoy escort forces (if any), which are commanded by a naval officer who serves as escort commander.

The power of a raider against a convoy was demonstrated by the fate of convoy HX 84 attacked by the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer on November 5, 1940.

About 10 days after the Freedom Convoy first settled in Ottawa outside of Parliament Hill, shuttering streets and businesses, Ford took part in a phone call with Trudeau over how the protests were being handled.

According to police sources, the police team, had left Ahmedabad on Sunday evening and the convoy travelled for over 24 hours before reaching Prayagraj.

According to report, when the convoy was stopped, the policemen alighted to meet the soldiers while their ‘principal’ was at the back of the Jeep.

After a while, the convoy was seen moving away from the flooded part of the road.

Aid workers warned, though, that Friday’s convoy fell significantly short of the 500 trucks that typically entered the territory every day before the war.

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Common combinations with convoy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "convoy" in a sentence?
An example: "Convoy organizer Peter Chambers, a former Green Beret who claims he retired because of “the mandates for the vaccines,” is also sponsoring the convoy through his Remnant A-Team ministry." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "convoy" from authentic English texts.
What does "convoy" mean?
Convoy means: One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
What are synonyms of "convoy"?
Common synonyms of "convoy" include: escort, procession, collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, accompaniment.
How many example sentences with "convoy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "convoy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.