Explore Ferrying through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like ferry or transportation. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ferrying meaning
present participle and gerund of ferry
Synonyms of Ferrying
Using Ferrying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of ferry
- Useful related words include: ferry, transportation, shipping, transport.
- In the example corpus, ferrying often appears in combinations such as: was ferrying, ferrying passengers, ferrying people.
Context around Ferrying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ferrying
- In this selection, "ferrying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, began, vehicles, boat, passengers, customers and life stand out and add context to how "ferrying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bus ferrying pilgrims in and a tractor ferrying around 25. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ferrying" sits close to words such as abnormality, absenteeism and absorbent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ferrying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Thane police also booked 365 auto-rickshaw drivers for ferrying passengers more than the permissible limit. (17 words)
For the second day in a row the Sugarlump Quad isn’t ferrying skiers and snowboarders up the hill. (19 words)
There has been a resounding response to the nine ferries that take turns in ferrying passengers on the two routes. (20 words)
A team of Morbi ‘B’ Division police posted at Navlakhi check-post on the outskirts of Morbi town stopped a tractor ferrying around 25 labourers, including women and children, while it was coming from the neighbouring Jamnagar district on Sunday afternoon. (41 words)
Boris Johnson and Selby MP Nigel Adams have thrown their full weight behind Stuart Davidson and Mitch Mitchell from the Selby area, who have been risking their lives and spending their own savings ferrying life-saving equipment to Ukraine. (39 words)
She also bemoaned situation where some moneybags, including Hausa traders were paying ahead to farmers for produce and ferrying them out of the state upon harvest, thus lessening supplies to markets in the state and resultant high prices. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Assistant manager Jo Wainwright-Scarrott, 44, said: “I’m more boatswain than barmaid at the moment while ferrying customers across what we affectionately call our moat.
A tour boat ferrying 29 people through an underground cave along the Erie Canal in upstate New York capsized Monday, killing one person and injuring several others.
Boris Johnson and Selby MP Nigel Adams have thrown their full weight behind Stuart Davidson and Mitch Mitchell from the Selby area, who have been risking their lives and spending their own savings ferrying life-saving equipment to Ukraine.
Rubenfeld began ferrying planes to Israel and was trained in Czechoslovakia to fly a fighter plane that was based on the Messerschmitt Bf 109. At that point, the IAF only had four warplanes.
There has been a resounding response to the nine ferries that take turns in ferrying passengers on the two routes.
An undercover investigation conducted by the has unearthed the German link to the lethal human smuggling trade ferrying people across the treacherous waters.
Former Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray helped organize a relief effort ferrying supplies from Beaufort to western North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene wrought "apocalyptic" damage.
Jammu, June 17 (UNI) Nearly a week after terrorists attacked a bus ferrying pilgrims in Reasi district, the Union Home Ministry gas handed over the investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
She also bemoaned situation where some moneybags, including Hausa traders were paying ahead to farmers for produce and ferrying them out of the state upon harvest, thus lessening supplies to markets in the state and resultant high prices.
The Thane police also booked 365 auto-rickshaw drivers for ferrying passengers more than the permissible limit.
According to a circular by Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) seen by the Nation, all foreign vehicles ferrying cargo into Tanzanian territory must have a domestic tax certificate before authorisation to cross the border.
According to the IAF in New Delhi, the ferrying of these fighter aircraft is going to be in two stages.
After production of trainer aircraft ceased, these women were retrained to fly fighters and began ferrying them to New Jersey so they could be shipped overseas for combat use.
A team of Morbi ‘B’ Division police posted at Navlakhi check-post on the outskirts of Morbi town stopped a tractor ferrying around 25 labourers, including women and children, while it was coming from the neighbouring Jamnagar district on Sunday afternoon.
For the second day in a row the Sugarlump Quad isn’t ferrying skiers and snowboarders up the hill.
Ghodawalas or horse riders, who do a brisk business ferrying tourists, especially kids, on horses during their summer vacations are now sitting idle at home.
He could previously drive his taxi home, but this is no longer the case, he said, because GrabResponse drivers are not allowed to use their vehicles for any purpose other than ferrying suspected patients.
However, late in the evening the officials said that only three trains ferrying 3,600 migrant workers went to their destinations on Thursday.
I had had enough," he said, adding that he had felt trapped, going back and forth between the Degiorgios in jail and Fenech, ferrying their constant requests for money and bail.
In less than an hour after Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad began his duties as interim prime minister, the vehicles ferrying several MPs were seen entering the Perdana Putra compound.
Common combinations with ferrying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was ferrying 6×
- ferrying passengers 5×
- ferrying people 4×
- and ferrying 4×
- ferrying them 4×
- for ferrying 4×
- in ferrying 3×
- vehicles ferrying 3×
- ferrying of 3×
- of ferrying 3×