Transporting
[træns'pɔrt]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transport
(a.) That transports; fig., ravishing.
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Examples
- It may also be used for transporting troops past danger points, and for transporting explosives or other perishable material which might be damaged by fire from the ends. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A considerable quantity, too, must be annually lost in transporting those metals from one place to another both by sea and by land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Hanging a few of them at least, in all probability,' suggested the doctor, 'and transporting the rest. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And, lastly, I combated Mr. Franklin Blake's scruples, and induced him to be the means of transporting the Diamond to Lady Verinder's house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Oh, cried Marianne, with what transporting sensation have I formerly seen them fall! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- They carried bedding and hammocks, the latter for transporting their sick and wounded. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The traveling crane in the foreground is capable of transporting a locomotive to any part of the shop. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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