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223 example sentences for LOAD, such as:
1. The back is shaped to the load.
2. That book is a load of rubbish.
3. I can't avoid shedding the load.
4. His shoulders can bear a heavy load.
5. You've carried the load of three men.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of LOAD
load
 n.  a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
 v.  transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
Classic Sentence: (181 in 13 pages)
1  He foresaw so clearly the consequences of this imprudence that with considerable reluctance he decided to ask Andrew Hale for a small advance on his load.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Ethan therefore proposed to his assistant that they should load the sledge at the wood-lot, as they had done on the previous morning, and put off the "teaming" to Starkfield till later in the day.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
3  He had driven his load half-way to the village when Jotham Powell overtook him, urging the reluctant sorrel toward the Flats.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
4  The fitful bursts of sleet had changed into a steady rain and the horses had heavy work even without a load behind them.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
5  The shrill, melancholy minor of Prissy was raised, "Jes' a few mo days, ter tote de wee-ry load."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
6  The horse would never make it with the heavy load.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  I thought if I could just get home to Mother, she could manage everything and I could lay down the weary load.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  And don't think you can lay down the load, ever.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
9  You've carried the load of three men.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  You're a very brave little woman and you are trying to carry to heavy a load.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
11  It wasn't fair that a reprobate like Rhett Butler should have so much and she, who carried so heavy a load, should have so little.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
13  The sight of his face, old, haggard with remorse, added to her load, and the fact that his mill lost money every week was an extra irritant which she could not voice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
14  She squared her shoulders for the load and with a calmness she was far from feeling, kissed his wet cheek without fever or longing or passion, only with cool gentleness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
15  She returned wearily to the thought of Percy Gryce, as a wayfarer picks up a heavy load and toils on after a brief rest.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1  If you ask me, these modern teaching methods are a load of nonsense.
2  I can't avoid shedding the load.
3  The back is shaped to the load.
4  That book is a load of rubbish.
5  These backpacks are designed to carry a heavy load.
6  It's not the load that breaks you down.
7  The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons.
8  The normal teaching load of a full professor is eight hours a week.
9  A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.
10  I can give you a ride if you don't mind climbing on this load of boxes.
11  He has a heavy teaching load this year.
12  His shoulders can bear a heavy load.
13  A seemingly endless line of trucks waits in vain to load up.
14  The old man was carrying a load of sticks.
15  If we share the organization of the party, that will help spread the load a bit.