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noun

convoy

a procession of land vehicles traveling together

In a sentence

Six example sentences with convoy, each labelled with its topic.

  • Our convoy of eight jeeps crossed the salt flat together, since no single vehicle carried enough fuel alone.

    Travel

  • A convoy of water trucks reached the parched villages at dawn, twelve tankers rolling in a single line.

    Environment

  • The chase sequence follows a convoy of nineteen trucks along a desert highway for almost eleven unbroken minutes.

    Movies

  • A convoy of wagons crossed the plains in 1849, each family keeping within sight of the one ahead.

    History

  • The tour convoy of six buses and three equipment trucks rolled into the next city before dawn.

    Music

  • A convoy of delivery vans leaves the depot at four each morning, splitting up only at the ring road.

    Business

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