- present participle of unload.
unloading
Example Sentences
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Some of the most popular new technologies were designed to take over the least desirable jobs in warehouses, tasks that require physical labor like loading and unloading trucks or picking merchandise for online orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“The heat doesn’t bother me much,” he said, unloading his bicycle — a blue and yellow 1989 Trek 400 — from the trunk of his car on a side street in Reseda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The smell of rubbish hangs heavy in the air as pickup trucks and handcarts crawl through narrow alleyways, unloading the day's collections while children weave between them chasing footballs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
He became an early-morning stocker, unloading trucks and stamping boxes with a label gun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
After unloading his cargo of leather products like saddles and bridles, Captain Bowles would return to Philadelphia in a few weeks, then make his regular run back to Portsmouth in July.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
