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, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 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
  • The soundtrack is laden with music cues in the quirk-folk vein that indicate a mood rather than embodying one.
    — Michael Phillips, kansascity.com, 14 June 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
  • 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
  • The boxes sat in a storage room for weeks, awaiting a bill of lading from UN headquarters in New York.
    — Stéphanie Giry, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2015
  • 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

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