plying in English
a tailor delicately plying his needle
ferries ply across a strait to the island
Use "plying" in a sentence
1. John's been plying me with drinks all evening.
2. Dealers are openly plying drugs in school playgrounds.
3. Smugglers have been plying the straits for years.
4. The market traders were loudly plying their wares.
5. This airline has been plying the transatlantic route for many years.
6. The Steamer "Hunter" was typical of the steamers plying the canal.
7. All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade.
8. “The Carriageway from Delhi to Ghaziabad is operational now and vehicles are plying normally
9. For more than a decade and a half, Bumboats have been plying the Singapore River
10. And judging from the heavy makeup and tacky jewelry, I'd say she's still plying her trade.
11. Before you go, here’s a few things to keep in mind before chain plying for Bulkier yarn
12. He prospered in this country, plying a uniquely leisure-class trade, and then expressed petty contempt for his hosts.
13. Thieves cut vessels adrift from their moorings at night to plunder them, and small boats with contraband made a living plying the Thames.
14. For more than an hour, the Witness kept plying the priest with tactful questions, and the priest, in answering, did most of the talking.
15. A Delhi Metro spokesman told AFP "All of around 190 trains plying on the tracks were stopped at the time of the earthquake."
16. 7 Many of us virtually sleepwalk through the morning in a serious mental and physical fog,[www.Sentencedict.com] desperately plying ourselves with coffee in an attempt to wake up!
17. Chaldean merchants plying Babylon’s canals —waterways for thousands of commercial galleys and for barges carrying the Babylonian gods— will whine in grief when their mighty capital falls.
18. Whether or not the new iceberg is a harbinger of the greenhouse effect, it is clearly a hazard for ships plying the southern seas, and so satellites and planes will keep a careful watch on it.
19. All ambiguities which may have arisen in the interpretation of the Standard Operating Procedures must be removed immediately–there appears to be a mistaken perception that trucks and drivers plying the trans-LoC trade route would be granted immunity from prosecution if they indulge in criminal activities.
20. Government has underscored the need for all naval vessels plying in the Gulf region to enhance their situational awareness regarding civilian and fishing vessels in the crowded Gulf region and exercise maximum caution and restraint in their operations so that innocent civilian ships and their occupants are not adversely affected.
21. ‘The other players gravitated towards us because Jimmy was such a great Chanter and a great comic.’ ‘I could be biased, since Ursula was plying me with Guinness as well as song, but she is a much better Chanter than any of the young ladies performing at the MTV gig.’
22. The musicians in Amber Fire Ceilidh Band have been plying their trade all over Devon and the Westcountry for well over twenty years and played at hundreds of parties, weddings, Ceilidhs, barn dances, celebrations and festivals of all kinds.We know each event is special to you, and that makes it special for us too