How to Use port in a Sentence

port

1 of 2 noun

• Traffic in the port could shrink by as much as 17 percent.
  — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
• Spools of the concertina wire were stacked from floor to ceiling at one of the openings of the port.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• Ships picking up grain at those ports head south to make the Black Sea crossing.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023
• Shipping is pretty efficient, but the tree still needs to get to and from the ports.
  — Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
• The flop that was Apple’s Duo used a Lightning port and did not include an adapter.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
• The vessel had been abandoned for 12 days after the attack, though plans had been made to try and tow the ship to a safe port.
  — TIME, 2 Mar. 2024
• Makhachkala, which is the capital of the Dagestan region, is a port city on the Caspian Sea.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2023
• Early in the pandemic, dozens of ships were lined up at sea waiting to berth in L.A. and Long Beach ports.
  — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• Just plug it into one of the TV ports and connect your Bluetooth headphones.
  — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
• Don't be alarmed if only a few drops of water come from the connector port.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Keep in mind that because the ship is so large, Santorini and Mykonos are both tender ports.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
• The funding will also lead to the construction of about 7,500 EV charging ports.
  — Clara McMichael, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
• The new guard members are set to be deployed to the five border ports over the coming days, officials said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• Spools of the concertina wire were stacked from floor to ceiling at one of the openings of the port near the Sentri vehicle lane.
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• Ships would deliver the aid from Cyprus’ main port of Limassol, about 255 miles away.
  — Sylvie Corbet, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2023
• Money for a transit link between the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
• Ford will also make some small tweaks for the 2024 model year, such as removing a dummy charge port on the front.
  — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 24 Aug. 2023
• In modern cars, there are usually a couple of USB ports, too.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023
• Praised for its lightweight design and ease of use, this clock also boasts handy USB charging ports.
  — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
• The concertina wire has been at the port since May 3 when a photo of the wire was posted to Facebook by someone waiting to drive through.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• The magnetic end snaps on the charging port of the handle easily enough, and the light on the bottom of the brush shines to keep you updated on its progress.
  — PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
• Even some ships moving between Arab ports have had to take an absurdly long route.
  — Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
• Residents said Israeli forces had reached the Ansar roundabout in central Gaza City, a block from its main port.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• There's a newly standard wireless charging pad and two USB-C ports.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 June 2023
• While enrollment centers are offered in dozens of states and territories and even in Qatar, this is the first in a cruise port.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
• Phone mirroring and charging aren't wireless, but USB ports and places to stash your device abound.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 13 May 2023
• Earlier this week, Russia pulled out of the grain deal that allowed Ukrainian exports to leave their ports.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
• The port now plans to turn Del Monte’s location on the waterfront into a fourth cruise ship terminal.
  — John Wayne Ferguson, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Dec. 2023
• The pink Lightning port version is also discounted to $20 right now.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
• And in 1769, the French began construction on a hilltop battery that overlooked a nearby port.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024

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port

2 of 2 verb

• The easiest way to keep an old number is to port it to Google Voice for a $20 fee.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 1 July 2021
• And the truth involves an excuse to port Ashley Park into the show’s present?
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 June 2021
• For 17 months at sea, the family faired well, sailing from port to port and seeing the world.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
• Hundreds of people watched from Voinovich Park on the shore of Lake Erie as the ships sailed to port under wispy clouds and blue skies.
  — David Petkiewicz, cleveland, 7 July 2022
• The 600-foot-long cruiser, mortally wounded, sank on the way to port.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
• The ship later sank due to poor weather while being towed to port, Russia said.
  — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
• The problems have impacted the main line that takes coal from mines in the eastern Mpumalanga province to port.
  — Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2023
• While a few famously got lost on their way to port, this would ultimately be the last.
  — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
• In comes the Bissell Little Green machine, which is small enough to port around your home or to your car comfortably.
  — Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2023
• Luckily, thanks to the skill of the crew, no one was seriously injured and the ship returned safely to port.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2016
• The answer is less clear today, since most console games are ported to PC and many PC games are ported to console.
  — Matthew Smith, Ars Technica, 8 July 2023
• Some of Apple’s biggest apps will likely be ported over from their iPad versions to the headset.
  — Emily Price, PCMAG, 21 Jan. 2024
• Deposits are relatively abundant and easy to mine, scraped off the Earth’s surface, crushed and hauled to port for shipping.
  — Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 28 May 2021
• Ukrainian forces fired two Neptune missiles on April 13 at the cruiser, which caught fire and sank a day later as the Russians were trying to tow it to port.
  — WSJ, 6 May 2022
• Early entries in the Mario Party series fetch a high price, since not many of them have been ported to modern consoles.
  — Jacob Linden, redbookmag.com, 9 June 2023
• Chinese companies port their names over into English in one of four ways, Knight said.
  — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 27 Sep. 2021
• Even vessels that have refreshed their crew elsewhere have to wait two weeks before they’re allowed to port in China.
  — Jack Wittels, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2021
• The new hardware might convince more developers to port their games to macOS.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Nov. 2021
• Fisk continues to rise up the charts, which is not a Netflix original, but ported over from Australia.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• Turn your ships around, return them to port, respect the freedom of navigation of the seas, and catastrophe may still be avoided.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
• For example, is the advisor confident that their alts book will port over?
  — Mindy Diamond, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• Users could port their followers over to Threads from their Instagram accounts.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 11 July 2023
• Naval bases are also fairly easy to spot—just look for a harbor or port with long, slender hulls (or aircraft carriers).
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2021
• The mezzanine seating featured a flip-down teak bar to port with a flip-up window with Australian undertones.
  — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
• These games can then be ported easily from Unity to Spatial.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
• The company also recalled the Norwegian Pearl to port on Wednesday after one day of what was supposed to be a nine-day journey.
  — Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
• Macs will add a Game Mode to improve latency, and developers will get better tools for porting their games over to the platform.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• Players can’t port their mini metaverses to World of Warcraft or Second Life.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 4 Nov. 2021
• Here, the captain made another fatal error, ordering the wheel turned hard to port, which pitched the ship onto its side and left it at the mercy of the punishing breakers.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2022
• That means tracing cocoa from pod to port, a costly mandate for an industry already staggered by declining production and record prices for futures.
  — Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024