TRANSPORTATION in a Sentence

Learn TRANSPORTATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
118 example sentences for TRANSPORTATION, such as:
1. Sentence, transportation for life.
2. She was not transported to Camelot.
3. The train is a safe means of transportation.
4. He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.
5. The city needs to improve its public transportation.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of TRANSPORTATION
transportation
 n.  the act of expelling a person from their native land
 n.  the act of moving something from one location to another
Classic Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1  She gave her approval to the plan of hiring out the horse even though it meant the family would be without any means of transportation temporarily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
2  With transportation so limited it was kind of so many to come.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
3  The railroad was more than a means of transportation to Gopher Prairie.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
4  It was like asking, as a favour, to be sentenced to transportation from Dora.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
5  Sentence, transportation for life.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
6  This small staff was quite equal to all the requirements, for a canal between Beaucaire and Aiguemortes had revolutionized transportation by substituting boats for the cart and the stagecoach.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.
7  I saw vessels near the shore and found myself suddenly transported back to the neighbourhood of civilized man.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
8  Elizabeth alone had the power to draw me from these fits; her gentle voice would soothe me when transported by passion and inspire me with human feelings when sunk in torpor.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
9  On a chance we tried an important-looking door, and walked into a high Gothic library, panelled with carved English oak, and probably transported complete from some ruin overseas.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
10  We transported the shellfish, or the 'relish' as Mr. Peggotty had modestly called it, up into our room unobserved, and made a great supper that evening.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE
11  Peter might have been hanged, or Tom transported; but Littimer was perfectly respectable.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY
12  The end of the negotiation was, that she bought the property on tolerably easy terms, and Traddles was transported with pleasure.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME
13  At last I ran away myself, whenever I saw an emissary of the police approaching with some new intelligence; and lived a stealthy life until he was tried and ordered to be transported.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC
14  She was not transported to Camelot.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  It is as if from the open field a brick-kiln were transported to her planks.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
Example Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1  The Railway Administration of Beijing redressed the damage done to my baggage during the transportation.
2  Before the railway came up into being, a four - horse coach was a popular means of transportation.
3  Of particular concern is the rising cost of transportation.
4  In Los Angeles many companies encourage their employees to use alternative means of transportation, rather than the car.
5  He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.
6  The city needs to improve its public transportation.
7  The strawberries are kept in cold storage to prevent them spoiling during transportation.
8  The train is a safe means of transportation.
9  Taxicab is often an important supplement or link for people who carpool or use public transportation.
10  John said the overwhelming demand for transportation fuels will again accentuate the need for increased drilling, but that might take months.
11  One of the major aims of the air force was the complete demolition of all means of transportation by bombing of rail lines and terminals.
12  The railroad gives free transportation for a certain amount of baggage.
13  UNICEF defines child trafficking as the transportation and exploitation of unwilling or unknowing victims.
14  Still hobbled by power failures and waterlogged transit, the New York region started to restore some transportation services on Wednesday, as it struggled to return to daily life.
15  Moving a tour the magnitude of a Stones outing is an epic, expensive affair, potentially involving millions of dollars in travel, transportation and other expenses.