Wondering how to use Lorry in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as wagon or waggon.
Lorry in a sentence
Lorry meaning
- A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
- A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.
- A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
Using Lorry
- The main meaning on this page is: A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck | A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers. | A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
- Useful related words include: wagon, waggon, camion, truck.
- In the example corpus, lorry often appears in combinations such as: the lorry, lorry driver, lorry and.
Context around Lorry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lorry
- In this selection, "lorry" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, parked, oncoming, tgx, driver, park and encroaching stand out and add context to how "lorry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lorry driver who and 60ft long lorry. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lorry" sits close to words such as bryce, businessmen and chevron, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lorry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A lorry and a car were reportedly involved in the accident. (11 words)
A lorry driver who forgot how to drive was shocked to discover he had a brain tumour. (17 words)
A lorry caught fire at about 10.25am near Sainte Maximin on the carriageway in the direction of Italy. (19 words)
Mrs Smith said she stopped her car when she saw the oncoming lorry encroaching onto her lane, but the lorry kept coming towards her until it collided – leaving her car sandwiched between the lorry and the banking on the side of the road. (43 words)
The letter referred to public opinion that the lorry may have been carrying explosives used for Easter Sunday attacks of April 21, 2019 and if the checking of the lorry was not obstructed, the Easter Sunday attacks could have been prevented. (41 words)
A Humberside Police spokesman said: “It is reported that a lorry failed to stop for officers on Lakeside Parkway before the lorry is believed to have rammed the police vehicle, causing damage. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mrs Smith said she stopped her car when she saw the oncoming lorry encroaching onto her lane, but the lorry kept coming towards her until it collided – leaving her car sandwiched between the lorry and the banking on the side of the road.
A Humberside Police spokesman said: “It is reported that a lorry failed to stop for officers on Lakeside Parkway before the lorry is believed to have rammed the police vehicle, causing damage.
I don't think most of the children have ever been up close to a lorry and see what a lorry does.
Mariusz Kolodziej, 52, was behind the wheel of a MAN TGX lorry when he drove the lorry over the historic bridge over the River Thames opposite The Rose Revived pub in Newbridge.
The letter referred to public opinion that the lorry may have been carrying explosives used for Easter Sunday attacks of April 21, 2019 and if the checking of the lorry was not obstructed, the Easter Sunday attacks could have been prevented.
A car transporter lorry has struck a railway bridge in central Reading, damaging several vehicles being carried by the lorry.
The video shows the lorry driver asking the cyclist to reverse and “go back to the wide bit” as it would be easier than reversing a 60ft-long lorry.
A lorry, transporting rice from Habarana to Dambulla, had collided with another lorry that had been travelling in the opposite direction, carrying noodles.
Mr Owusu appealed to the Kwahu West Municipal Assembly to move all drivers that load along the main road and in front of the old lorry park to the new lorry park.
A bin lorry driver is believed to have noticed the upside down vehicle from his vantage point and raised the alarm - but it was too late to alter the outcome.
According to the police, the lorry bearing registration number TR01AS-1811 was coming from Agartala and crossed the Tripura border late at night.
A couple died on the spot after their scooter collided with a parked lorry that had broken down on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway near Kempanahalli Gate at Bidadi on June 29.
A court was told how the 68-year-old's articulated lorry could be seen weaving five or six times with other drivers fearing it was out of control.
A crash reportedly involving a lorry and a motorcycle has taken place between the junctions with Old Ashford Road and Faversham Road.
A heavy-duty machine operator is now dead after the motorbike he was riding slammed into a parked lorry along the Corentyne Highway in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
A jury has retired in the trial of a lorry driver accused of killing a grandfather of six by driving dangerously.
A lorry and a car were reportedly involved in the accident.
A lorry caught fire at about 10.25am near Sainte Maximin on the carriageway in the direction of Italy.
A lorry driver who forgot how to drive was shocked to discover he had a brain tumour.
A lorry driver, who is thought to have broken down in a live lane on the eastbound carriageway, has been left fighting for his life in an incident between Top.
Common combinations with lorry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the lorry 41×
- lorry driver 24×
- lorry and 14×
- and lorry 12×
- lorry in 11×
- lorry on 10×
- of lorry 8×
- with lorry 8×
- lorry was 7×
- by lorry 7×