A large number of our kinsmen from over the seas were unmarried, and he would like to see for every shipload of them that came over a shipload of women from this country sent out to be mated to them.
Soon, only a few hundred appeared where there had been thousands; then twos and threes; at last only a dozen or so a day, many of whom changed their minds before the full shipload had been assembled.
A shipload was a hundred men, and each new man had to wait in a group until it was filled.
Bristol doth every year send away a shipload at least of such.
A shipload of medical, food, and other supplies was sent from New Orleans at the earliest possible moment, and a Medical Director was appointed to take charge of work on the ground.
The Signal Corps had to search the globe for seeds, and finally secured a shipload from distant India.
I shall never forget the practical lesson in the principles of physiognomics I learned when watching a shipload of immigrants pass the physical and mental examinations at Ellis Island.
She was the only one of that shipload who was finally certified as an imbecile, and refused admission to the mainland.
Shipload after shipload of their merchandise is coming in.
Shipload of food to be sent from United States to the Albanians.
She had saved a shipload of Athenian sympathizers by reciting Euripides when they were in danger from the hostile Syracusans.
Still more daring was it to make play and criticism an episode in a dramatic monologue in which we learn not only the story of the rescue of the shipload of Athenian sympathizers, but the story of Balaustion's love.
Yet, among the whole shiploadof rogues, the only man who victimized us was Titoff, the chief engineer.
A shipload of food meant one day's rations for the Belgians.
The despatch of a shipload of food every other day from America during the winter constituted the largest commissary that the world has ever seen.
We had heard that Hamat had sailed for Jedda with a shipload of pilgrims and were therefore expecting him back soon; but we had decided not to give up Lepas.
She came to Maryland in a shipload of white emigrants, who, according to the custom of those days, were sold to pay their passage.
This region receivedshipload after shipload of the harrassed, down-trodden and maligned people.
He sailed boldly for the coast of Spain, frightened the people, and then went in search of the Gold Fleet, which was bringing shipload after shipload of treasure from America to the King of Spain.
At the time he returned home all England was rejoicing over Drake's first shipload of gold.
At sea, in the bleak cold wastes of the water desert, even one other shipload of sympathizers is too often wished for vainly.
I'm one of those men that was sent into the world with a whole shipload of bad luck to work through before I came across any of the soft things.
Shipload after shipload of those who surrendered were sent over sea for sale into forced labour in Jamaica and the West Indies.
The labor and cost of carriage are just as great, whether they import common or precious stone, and therefore the natural tendency would always be to make each shipload as valuable as possible.
Considerable excitement was caused by the landing at San Pedro, in 1855, of a shipload of Mormons from Honolulu.
From the above announcement, it must not be inferred that these Los Angeles tradesmen brought to this port the whole shipload of merchandise.
These, or some similar inquiries concerning the great shipload of gems which it was now known throughout the Martian world had been brought by King Ivanta from the 'evening star,' met them at every halting-place.
And I suppose his diamonds are on board too--a whole shipload of them, so to speak?
Now, out of your great wisdom, I wish you would explain to me why the deuce we let all this crew come over here instead of sending a shipload of perfectly normal, dignified, and right-minded gentlemen.
A shipload of supplies for the garrison and the missions at Ternate is sent from Manila; the master of the ship, taking advantage of the absence on shore of part of the passengers and men, steals away with the ship and its cargo.
In Patane there is a factory, without a garrison; from it are shipped glazed earthenware, silk, and various drugs which come from China, and one shipload of more than 600 toneladas of pepper each year.
There is sent from these factories a shipload of a thousand toneladas of pepper, gold, and jewels.
Why should the metropolitan police care who imported horses, or in what port a shipload of them was landed?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shipload" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
