Explore Ferry through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like transport or move. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ferry in a sentence
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Ferry meaning
- To carry; transport; convey.
- To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
- To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
Synonyms of Ferry
Using Ferry
- The main meaning on this page is: To carry; transport; convey. | To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly. | To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
- Useful related words include: transport, move, go, travel.
- In the example corpus, ferry often appears in combinations such as: the ferry, ferry terminal, ferry service.
Context around Ferry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ferry
- In this selection, "ferry" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, car, macau, taipa, terminal, service and building stand out and add context to how "ferry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a historic ferry slip still, across the ferry system and ferry terminal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ferry" sits close to words such as taliban, weighed and boots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ferry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Check the Chappy Ferry webcams before you head to the ferry. (11 words)
His employer’s shuttle ferry pulls up next to the state ferry terminal in Juneau’s Auke Bay. (18 words)
The ferry system is also seeking $46 million in federal grant money for an all-electric ferry to conduct shorter day routes. (22 words)
The tunnel goes to the Golden State Railroad Museum, the USS Red Oak Victory, and many beaches and parks, and to Ferry Point where an abandoned ferry-rail pier still stands with a historic ferry slip still standing, though somewhat damaged by fire. (43 words)
A collaboration between boatyard Voyager Marine, Cornwall and South coast-based ferry tour operator Plymouth Boat Trips has seen a bunch of used Nissan Leaf batteries get repurposed to power what they say is the UK’s first all-electric sea going ferry. (43 words)
In addition to funding for the Clinton dock project, state ferries received a $5 million grant to fund improvement at the Southworth ferry terminal and a $1.7 million grant for new payment kiosks and online payment upgrades across the ferry system. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Both ferry operators have announced the resumption of ferry services for the city routes between the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal (Sheung Wan) and the Macau Taipa Ferry Terminal starting Sunday.
Ferry Richmond had commuter ferry service from the Richmond Ferry Terminal to the San Francisco Ferry Building on weekdays and Fisherman's Wharf on weekends in addition to special Giants Ballpark service during the baseball season.
The expression "ferry louper" has a literal meaning of "ferry jumper" i.e. one who has jumped off a ferry as distinct from a native.
The tunnel goes to the Golden State Railroad Museum, the USS Red Oak Victory, and many beaches and parks, and to Ferry Point where an abandoned ferry-rail pier still stands with a historic ferry slip still standing, though somewhat damaged by fire.
In addition to funding for the Clinton dock project, state ferries received a $5 million grant to fund improvement at the Southworth ferry terminal and a $1.7 million grant for new payment kiosks and online payment upgrades across the ferry system.
The ferry system is also seeking $46 million in federal grant money for an all-electric ferry to conduct shorter day routes.
The group also spent time in Birkenhead Park, the site of the old Saint Laurence School where Thomas studied - which has now been rebuilt - Hamilton Square and took the ferry across the River Mersey from Woodside Ferry Village.
The Michael H. Ollis ferry has remained running despite lingering questions about what started the blaze aboard the Sandy Ground ferry on Dec. 22.
The officers informed Ferry that they would have to remove three large frogs who lived in her garden pond and had been croaking loudly enough to keep Ferry's neighbor awake.
The Settlement Point Ferry is currently undergoing its regular two-year service and the replacement ferry was out of action for around four hours on Monday, October 23.
The summit of my Ferry Building experience was eight years ago when I had a chance to climb inside the Ferry Building tower with Jim Phelan, a steeplejack, and Donna Huggins, an admirer of all things San Francisco.
Wightlink offers three services - the car ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth, the car ferry from Portsmouth to Fishbourne and the foot passenger Catamaran (FastCat) from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde.
Check the Chappy Ferry webcams before you head to the ferry.
Personalised Tallinja Card Holders can simply tap their cards when boarding the ferry, granting them complimentary access to the harbour ferry service.
The ferry line issued an online advisory Tuesday, August 27, stating that the smaller freight ferry, the Governor, will be running in place of the Woods Hole.
There’s a ferry service currently operating there, privately owned, even though the state government has plans to also put a ferry service along that route.
A collaboration between boatyard Voyager Marine, Cornwall and South coast-based ferry tour operator Plymouth Boat Trips has seen a bunch of used Nissan Leaf batteries get repurposed to power what they say is the UK’s first all-electric sea going ferry.
After four years without a ferry, business owners in Gagetown are grateful for the added business the ferry's return brought this summer.
He said the current ferry dock in Chester is within walking distance of just about any service a visitor would need — a plus in summertime when ferry traffic is at its peak.
His employer’s shuttle ferry pulls up next to the state ferry terminal in Juneau’s Auke Bay.
Phrases with ferry
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with ferry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ferry 56×
- ferry terminal 17×
- ferry service 17×
- ferry to 15×
- ferry and 11×
- to ferry 9×
- ferry in 7×
- broughty ferry 7×
- ferry services 6×
- ferry the 5×