How to Use lade in a Sentence

lade

verb
  • The cars towed trailers laden with canvas tents, surplus stoves, cinched bedrolls, and the like.
    Craig R. McCoy / Staff Writer, Philly.com, 12 July 2017
  • Every now and then, a breeze swept along the banks, rustling through the green-gold marsh reeds and the tall, bushy trees laden with Spanish moss.
    Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2017
  • But after the bust, the armored trucks laden with rough bars of gold and silver stopped coming.
    Nicholas Nehamas, miamiherald, 16 Jan. 2018
  • In a moment, the two Syrian children’s arms were laden with gift bags of toys.
    Jodi Kantor, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2017
  • Tables on the tarmac were laden with weapons and gear of that era, from radios to M-16s and even an RPG launcher tube.
    Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Its roof and a projecting terrace were laden with flowers and the air smelled of plants growing.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, latimes.com, 30 May 2018
  • Come Christmas morning, the royals wake up to find stockings laden with more gifts.
    Erin Donnelly, Marie Claire, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Yes, Canada's famous poutine (French fries laden with gravy and squeaky cheese curds) meets the doughnut.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2017
  • Not that this movie isn't laden with male chauvinism, not to mention plain silly at times.
    Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 8 May 2017
  • His arms are laden with bracelets; his fingers stacked with rings; his ears pierced with a cluster of glittering hoops.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2019
  • Talk about a few days laden with all sorts of Insta-worthy moments!!!
    Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The police’s data point that triggered the debate in the first place is laden with caveats and technical language.
    Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The soundtrack is laden with music cues in the quirk-folk vein that indicate a mood rather than embodying one.
    Michael Phillips, idahostatesman, 15 June 2017
  • In an attack blamed by the U.S. on Iran, a swarm of drones laden with explosives set the world’s biggest crude-processing plant ablaze.
    Shaji Mathew, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Here are three trends to watch in biotech in 2020, a year that looks to be laden with opportunities and stumbling blocks for the drug industry.
    Damian Garde, STAT, 26 Dec. 2019
  • It was known for family-style eating at tables laden with tureens of Taix’s famed soup and salad, and platters of fruit and cheese.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Earle spent two weeks in a room full of boxes laden with discs sporting cryptic labels.
    Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Construction workers wave stop signs as trucks laden with glass and steel back slowly out of driveways.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 30 May 2019
  • Chock-full of the artist's signature mystique, the track is laden with guitar riffs as raspy and melodic as Rayman's vocals.
    Hannah Malach, Billboard, 21 June 2019
  • Outside, curvaceous trees laden with pinkish-white flowers sway in the wind.
    Sharmila Mukherjee, The Seattle Times, 2 Jan. 2019
  • Bonus points for the rapper and producer who sported a neck laden with colorful crosses, adding pizazz to his suit.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 12 May 2018
  • One that is laden with cargo will be much heavier, and sit much lower, casting a shorter shadow.
    Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Lewandowski can now add the award to a mantlepiece already laden with footballing trophies and accolades.
    SI.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The attackers burned 18 vehicles laden with food and other goods that were intended to be taken to a market the next day.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 11 Feb. 2020
  • There's no need for this character to be laden with the same Dead Wife trope that plagues male protagonists everywhere, but alas.
    Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The draft will be laden with intriguing prospects at point guard and small forward, with five of the top seven prospects, according to DraftExpress, able to play point guard.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2017
  • In this case, it’s suan cai yu, a spicy and sour soup of small curls of fish fillet in a broth laden with Sichuan peppercorns, dried chile peppers, and pickled vegetables.
    Jim Thurman, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 May 2018
  • The display is laden with symbolism as the government moves to stamp out the last of the uprising against the 52-year-old Assad who has ruled with an iron fist over Syria for 18 years.
    Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • Her shores were washed with a seething bouillabaisse of fish, her gardens laden with good things; Charolais cattle grazed the fields, chickens from Bresse pecked in farmyards.
    The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • And there’s plenty more to explore on the menu including curries (red, green, yellow, panang, masaman), dry stir-frys, the crispy rice laap dish, and outrageously crunchy chicken wings laden with fish sauce.
    al, 3 Mar. 2020

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