How to Use dispatch in a Sentence

dispatch

1 of 2 verb

• The hotel dispatched a limo to pick us up from the airport.
• He dispatched the guard with one bullet.
• Rescue workers were immediately dispatched to the area.
• But the court dispatched with the agency’s effort to stop the auction and force the return of the items.
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• There’s an army of lackeys to dispatch before the big boss fight.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
• In all, police were dispatched on 464 calls that night.
  — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
• First responders were dispatched to the camp along with deputies.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024
• Japan, the class of the tournament so far, dispatched Norway, 3-1, to earn a date with the US-Sweden victor.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• Rescue teams are then dispatched to take them to warmer waters.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024
• To rescue Ukraine, Putin argued, Russian troops had once again been dispatched to save the world from Nazis.
  — Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2023
• Outside, a shuttle bus was dispatched to drive in front of the protesters in a feeble effort to block the noise.
  — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• Michigan state police troopers from the Brighton Post were dispatched to the scene around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
• The rocket will first dispatch a lunar lander to conduct studies of the moon.
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• While the cause of the collapse remains unclear, crews were dispatched to the scene at 4:55 p.m. local time after part of the back of the building was detached from the rest.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
• Officers were dispatched to the scene and found Stephen deceased in the roadway, blood pooling around his head.
  — Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2023
• Firefighters were then dispatched and were able to rescue the woman, who is described to be in her 50s.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
• Seattle firefighters were dispatched to reports of a fire and scene of violence in a home at the 1000...
  — CBS News, 4 Sep. 2023
• Fire crews were dispatched to the business just before 11 a.m. Monday.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2024
• Neptune Beach Public Works was dispatched to clean it up.
  — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched just before 4 p.m. Wednesday to the 400 block of Fifth Street in Robinwood on a report of a shooting.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 17 Aug. 2023
• Rather than force her to dispatch everyone, Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt’s script (faithful to the novel) brings in a vat of poisonous snakes to speed along the result.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• Schiff is raising him up, using the former ballplayer to fend off Porter and happily dispatch him down the road.
  — Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
• Crews were dispatched around 4:55 p.m. Sunday to the apartment building known as The Davenport, Carlsten said.
  — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 29 May 2023
• Noah immediately dispatched his younger brother Weston Woods, 8, to go to the deep end of the pool.
  — Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
• Zelenskyy has dispatched deputies to the Hill to persuade senators to provide more aid.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2023
• Two days later, the U.S. military dispatched three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the area.
  — Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
• As soon as a fish hits the deck (gently, so as not to bruise the meat) a deckhand dispatches it with a spike to the brain or spinal cord, which kills the fish quickly and reduces thrashing, which can stress the meat.
  — Tom Fowlks, Outdoor Life, 1 Feb. 2024
• The department said officers were dispatched at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday to the scene of the crash, less than a quarter mile away from the county police’s Essex precinct.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
• The authorities added that seven rescue helicopters were dispatched to the scene.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
• Officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Ouida Street in Irving on Sunday regarding a disturbance.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024

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dispatch

2 of 2 noun

• The reporter sent many dispatches from the war zone.
• The general sent a dispatch to headquarters.
• He requested the immediate dispatch of supplies.
• Here's a dispatch from a witch out on the cliffs of an ancient part of England.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2023
• The three-person crew then saw fire and smoke and alerted dispatch, the report said.
  — John Seewer, Michael Rubinkam, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2023
• The Sheriff’s Office had 11 or 12 deputies on the scene, and extra help at the dispatch center.
  — Tom Cherveny, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2024
• Kris Jenner shared a dispatch from her starry day on the high seas!
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• Then streaming came to town, and my friends’ dispatches from the front started to change.
  — Longreads, 5 May 2023
• The woman told dispatch Thompson's twin daughters were still at the home with him.
  — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• The red box is the daily dispatch of papers from ministers around the U.K.
  — Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
• On their way to the rural home, the troopers learned from dispatch that Kelsey Box was on her way to the hospital.
  — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
• Toronto! — to bring you fresh-off-the-circuit dispatches from the buzziest premieres of the year.
  — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2023
• The decision of whether to send a welfare check call to the police or the fire department is made by the 911 dispatch.
  — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
• The complainant called dispatch a third time but did not want to speak with an officer.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 29 July 2023
• If the system gets a hit, the software alerts the department’s dispatch center.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
• The dispatch center was able to hear the cars crashing in the background, according to the police report.
  — Molly Walsh | [e-mail], cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
• The dispatch call involving Nichols came in as a report of pepper spray, Sweat said.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
• Don’t forget to check back in for more style dispatches straight from Shanghai throughout the week.
  — Yumeng Zheng, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2023
• It’s been a startling rebuild – in both dispatch and dominance – for a club that just two years ago lost 110 games.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• The 911 dispatch center has had three power outages in the past four years, but every time, the backup systems worked.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2023
• The caller provided the dispatch with a license plate, which came back to a Parma address.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
• With all of this in mind, here are some dispatches from the Supermodel bubble.
  — Sally Singer, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2023
• The dispatch call made in response to Matthew Perry is revealing more details about the actor’s death.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
• Lane hopes her dispatches might inspire others to take a risk and push themselves out of their comfort zone.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
• The crash impact caused the driver's iPhone to send an SOS signal to the county's emergency dispatch center, the office said.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• The workers called the FRA emergency dispatch using a number affixed to their hard hats.
  — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
• Her most recent dispatch surveys the best picks for your Thanksgiving pies.
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
• The woman called the emergency dispatch center to tell police that her car was being blocked in a parking space.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• After contacting police dispatch, the clerk and the other customer followed Stucki, who agreed to come in and pay for the vape pens.
  — Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2024
• When Hare did respond to calls from dispatch, state police said another officer was dispatched to help.
  — Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024