Crossword-Solution: CONVOY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Convoy | v. t. | To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman. |
| Convoy | n. | The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort. |
| Convoy | n. | A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort. |
| Convoy | n. | A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance. |
| Convoy | n. | Conveyance; means of transportation. |
| Convoy | n. | A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with CONVOY (5)
And about the end of 1702 they expected a rich convoy which France was escorting with a fleet of twenty-three vessels, commanded by Admiral Chateau-Renaud, for the ships of the coalition were already beating the Atlantic.
Trees, squared timber, a smashed and upturned boat of hides, and here and there the rounded corpse of a man or beast shouldered over the swells, and kept convoy with our Ark as she drifted on in charge of the Gods and the current.
That young politician, brimming with mysterious glances, offered to lend his convoy as far as to the high-road; and Otto, in fear of some residuary jealousy and for the girl’s sake, had not the courage to gainsay him; but he regarded his companion with uneasy glances, and devoutly wished the business at an end.
But these struck aside to their various destinations or were out-walked and left behind; and when she had driven off with sharp words the proffered convoy of some of her nephews and nieces, she was free to go on alone up Hermiston brae, walking on air, dwelling intoxicated among clouds of happiness.
The roads were at this time in a highly dangerous state, on which account I thought to go along with a convoy, which was about to start for Andalusia.
Quotes with CONVOY (3)
As long as we’re comparing analogies,” Jack added, “how about this one? A person being chased by a bear doesn’t have to be able to run faster than the bear. He only has to be faster than his slowest companion. Driver picks. I’m going to catch up with the convoy, find a way to pass several of the cars, and not be last in line.
He which hath no stomach to this fight, let him depart, his passport shall be made and crowns for convoy put into his purse. We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship, to die with us.
It is as if the Photograph always carries its referent with itself, both affected by the same amorous or funereal immobility, at the very heart of the moving world: they are glued together, limb by limb, like the condemned man and the corpse in certain tortures; or even like those pairs of fish (sharks, I think, according to Michelet) which navigate in convoy, as though united by an eternal coitus.
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Appears in: Chronicle, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 14 times in crossword archives (1942–2024).