How to Use conveyance in a Sentence

conveyance

noun
Definition of conveyancenext
Synonyms for conveyancenext
  • The boy, who also is not being named because of his age, also was charged with burglary of a conveyance.
    — J.d. Gallop, USA TODAY, 16 May 2017
  • Hoch was charged with multiple charges including grand theft and burglary to an occupied conveyance.
    — Sarah Elsesser, ajc, 23 June 2017
  • For example, guests in wheelchairs or electric conveyance vehicles may still be able to wait in many lines in their mobility devices.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
  • His first job, as automobiles replaced the horse and buggy as Americans’ favored mode of conveyance, was pumping gas.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 5 May 2017
  • In the past, conveyance bills have sometimes been amended at the last possible moment to sneak in the sales or transfer of state property without public scrutiny.
    — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 6 June 2017
  • Wednesday, Basham said that in those neighborhoods there is no stormwater conveyance system, so the water goes overland instead of into sewers.
    — Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 10 Aug. 2017
  • But our conveyance would also be inseparable from the continent’s history and struggle to forge a different kind of present.
    — Ted Conover, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2016
  • At the edge of the set, a man sat in a three-wheeled conveyance called a Vanderhall Laguna, looking vaguely disappointed.
    — Willy Staley, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Luther Marquell Braddy, 21, was arrested earlier this month on charges of burglary of a conveyance.
    — Christal Hayes, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Colbert was taken to Mercy West Hospital by private conveyance.
    — Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer, 27 June 2024
  • Then, just after 12:30 a.m., police notified that two more people had arrived at a hospital by private conveyance.
    — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 4 June 2017
  • Take the rear of the Boat Tail, where a mere conveyance would put the engine or the trunk.
    — WSJ, 27 May 2021
  • These past few days, my kayak has been more than just a conveyance.
    — Southern Living, 12 July 2020
  • To do it along the ditch, which is a water conveyance, this would have been full during Harvey.
    — Rebecca Hazen, Houston Chronicle, 11 June 2018
  • Make sure your loan does not run afoul of fraudulent conveyance laws.
    — Larry Light, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • Both conveyances were destined for the Saint Patrick's Day parade in downtown Cleveland the next day.
    — James Ewinger, cleveland.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The famed Talking Heads singer is known for his offbeat outlook on life and his conveyance of choice only makes sense.
    — Victoria Hunt, Robb Report, 1 May 2023
  • Many urban areas are now swimming in the adult conveyances, which were once a children’s toy.
    — Laura Forman, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2019
  • The three-year project to build a major stormwater conveyance system began late last year.
    — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2022
  • All those laurels make the Mini S a terrific means of conveyance.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 14 May 2018
  • The curtain of the transport cart was opened to allow air movement; the agent saw the dog had chewed through the metal door of the kennel and was outside of the kennel but in the transport conveyance.
    — Matt Rocheleau, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • State Gun Carriage, a conveyance not drawn by horses, but people.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The explosion in home sales has led to a conveyance tax to increase of 105.8% during the first four months of the fiscal year from July through October.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The protest comes amid growing unease across the nation about the conveyance of fossil fuels, be it by pipeline, railroad or boat.
    — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Eventually, search became more a part of the journey and not just a means of conveyance, not simply a first stop on our way outward.
    — David Doty, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Belcher, 32, and Forbes were each arrested on charges of burglary of a conveyance and trespassing on school grounds, records show.
    — Jeff Weiner, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 July 2018
  • Bambara uses fashion as a conveyance for ideals and even warnings.
    — Melvin Backman, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Feb. 2023
  • That conveyance is top-four protected; with the way the Rockets are freefalling in the standings, activation of the protections are not out of the question.
    — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The man in red had an impressively large red conveyance, courtesy of the Franklin Park Fire Department, to ride on during his drive through town.
    — Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Wherever Birds go, folks on other means of conveyance must sometimes make way, as with any other method of getting from here to there.
    — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 30 May 2018

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