How to Use dock in a Sentence

dock

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• The spacecraft was slated to dock with the ISS around 1:15 a.m.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• The first will dock with Haven-1 for up to 30 days while orbiting the Earth.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
• The ships were docked in San Francisco, where the crews were on shore leave.
  — Longreads, 5 Sep. 2023
• The ship will dock with the gas depot, fuel up, and head off toward the moon.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024
• The city has also ruled that boats docked along the Seine must connect to the city’s wastewater network.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2023
• By December 15, two other tea ships, the Eleanor and the Beaver, had docked in Boston.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
• The earliest ship to dock in Milwaukee did so in May in 2023.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years.
  — Angela Dewan, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
• News reports noted that Brero drove a Porsche Cayenne and docked a motorboat on the lake.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• The school district marked the teachers as absent and docked their pay for Aug. 26 and 27, according to the complaint.
  — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023
• It’s now slated to dock in Costa Maya on Wednesday rather than Cozumel.
  — Jessica Schladebeck New York Daily News (tns), al, 6 Apr. 2023
• In the 2009 episode, Zack, Cody and their friends dock in the Italian capital to take a break from their cruise ship school shenanigans.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• The vessel, known as the Dali, will be towed back into the harbor and docked for a damage assessment.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• As the inn’s website warns, guests must be able to climb 4 to 12 feet up a ladder (depending on the tide) from bobbing boat to dock.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• Smaller fleets dock in the heart of town, making exploration easy.
  — Maridel Reyes, Women's Health, 6 June 2023
• An arson bomb squad later found a 32-year-old man on a boat docked near the fire, Seattle police said.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
• Many of the people walking through the park were headed to the Lady Atlantic boat docked nearby, not the polling center.
  — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
• The long, 20-inch hose sprayer features a powerful magnet that keeps it docked in place and avoids drooping.
  — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2023
• That flight would include four crew members who would dock with the station for as many as 30 days while orbiting the Earth.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 12 May 2023
• When the ferry docked, a second, larger brawl ensued, with one man wielding a deck chair.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
• Yang, who finished with a bronze, is wrongly docked a tenth of a point on his second-to-last routine, the parallel bars.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• The fighting appeared to follow a riverboat's attempt to dock where a pontoon boat was moored.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2023
• Pickett noted the riverboat would not have been able to dock without hitting the smaller boat.
  — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 25 Sep. 2023
• On Wednesday, a ship with Volkswagens arrived and was able to dock like normal.
  — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
• Hours after the women’s event ended, a fight broke out on the riverfront when a Montgomery riverboat called the Harriott II tried to dock.
  — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• The crew instructed the survivors there to hold on to their belongings as the ship docked on an island in Basilan province.
  — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
• He was docked a strike for a pitch clock violation, then struck out two pitches later.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
• The fight broke out Saturday evening as the Harriott II was trying to dock after a cruise but could not do so because a pontoon boat was in the way.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 11 Aug. 2023
• Plus, the batteries can be recharged in port with clean hydropower energy from the local grid, and are strong enough to power the ships while they’re docked.
  — Elissa Garay, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
• Although there were some propulsion issues with this flight, Starliner docked with the space station, setting the stage for a crewed flight test.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2023

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dock

2 of 2 noun

• His townhouse faces the Gulf Coast and a chunk of dock that was torn from it.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• The son swam to his sisters and brought them back to a nearby dock.
  — CBS News, 10 July 2023
• When the ship docks in Alexandria, Bella sees the slum poor.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
• For many years the family had a dock at the end of the walkway to the water.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
• The easiest way to leap to the big screen is to connect your Deck to a dock.
  — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
• Don’t be afraid to toss this cooler on a dock or in the bottom of your boat.
  — Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
• Kayaking was made easy with a public dock less than half a mile from the house.
  — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2023
• This new dock is more similar to the two-in-one station Anker made for the Quest 2.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
• Marrocchino said one of the largest submersible fleets in the ocean docks on the island.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
• Due to the extent of the fire, personnel began attacking the fire from the shore and dock.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2023
• Locate the Trashcan Icon in your dock bar on your desktop.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2024
• The Fortitude drifted too close to the cannibal shore and its hull was ripped open by a dock.
  — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
• His home studio overlooks half a dozen speedboats idled at a dock.
  — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• There’s also a boat dock, fish house, four boat slips with two lifts and an 8,000-square-foot workshop, with four bays and full RV hookup.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2023
• Shady porches and hammocks in the garden, chaises near the river’s sandy beach and a long dock with chairs canopied with shade.
  — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Its flip-top lid protects the charging docks and a reset button.
  — PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
• The tiered landscape extends to a private dock and an in-water swim border.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023
• Fish is ordered by the pound and eaten at picnic tables on the covered dock at the restaurant.
  — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
• The resort offers a private dock and secluded beach, and a pool.
  — Kristin Koch, Seventeen, 28 Aug. 2023
• There’s parking for six cars and multiple golf carts as well as a private dock.
  — Shirley Halperin, Variety, 21 June 2023
• Relax on the deck or your private dock to experience the beginning of fall on the lake.
  — Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
• Step down to the dining area, which opens out to a large deck and stone patio, both overlooking the pond, plus a dock and an outdoor shower.
  — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Bites can come anywhere, from under shallow docks to on the bottom in deep water.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
• The charging dock, which doubles as a speaker, turns this tablet into a smart display.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
• The crocodile was seen at the Bay Colony Club in the area and reportedly stayed on one of the community’s docks for two days.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
• The island comes complete with two helipads and a 400-foot deep-water dock.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• One of the cabin boys who worked by the fishing docks told my sister about a handy trick to save on quarters during pinball play.
  — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
• Jurors were shown footage of Concepcion walking in a loading dock area of the building when a dark red sedan pulled up.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2024
• Under floodlights, a tugboat docks and picks up dozens of evacuees from a quiet street near the busy jetty.
  — Larry Madowo, CNN, 1 May 2023
• As the boat pulls in to dock, its jagged peaks, carpeted in shades of emerald, rise sharply from the shoreline and beckon for adventure.
  — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024