How to Use dispatch in a Sentence

dispatch

1 of 2 verb
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  • The hotel dispatched a limo to pick us up from the airport.
  • He dispatched the guard with one bullet.
  • Rescue workers were immediately dispatched to the area.
  • But the court dispatched with the agency’s effort to stop the auction and force the return of the items.
    — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • There’s an army of lackeys to dispatch before the big boss fight.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In all, police were dispatched on 464 calls that night.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
  • First responders were dispatched to the camp along with deputies.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Japan, the class of the tournament so far, dispatched Norway, 3-1, to earn a date with the US-Sweden victor.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Rescue teams are then dispatched to take them to warmer waters.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • To rescue Ukraine, Putin argued, Russian troops had once again been dispatched to save the world from Nazis.
    — Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Outside, a shuttle bus was dispatched to drive in front of the protesters in a feeble effort to block the noise.
    — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Michigan state police troopers from the Brighton Post were dispatched to the scene around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The rocket will first dispatch a lunar lander to conduct studies of the moon.
    — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • While the cause of the collapse remains unclear, crews were dispatched to the scene at 4:55 p.m. local time after part of the back of the building was detached from the rest.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
  • Officers were dispatched to the scene and found Stephen deceased in the roadway, blood pooling around his head.
    — Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Firefighters were then dispatched and were able to rescue the woman, who is described to be in her 50s.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Seattle firefighters were dispatched to reports of a fire and scene of violence in a home at the 1000...
    — CBS News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Fire crews were dispatched to the business just before 11 a.m. Monday.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Neptune Beach Public Works was dispatched to clean it up.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched just before 4 p.m. Wednesday to the 400 block of Fifth Street in Robinwood on a report of a shooting.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Rather than force her to dispatch everyone, Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt’s script (faithful to the novel) brings in a vat of poisonous snakes to speed along the result.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Schiff is raising him up, using the former ballplayer to fend off Porter and happily dispatch him down the road.
    — Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Crews were dispatched around 4:55 p.m. Sunday to the apartment building known as The Davenport, Carlsten said.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 29 May 2023
  • Noah immediately dispatched his younger brother Weston Woods, 8, to go to the deep end of the pool.
    — Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Zelenskyy has dispatched deputies to the Hill to persuade senators to provide more aid.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Two days later, the U.S. military dispatched three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the area.
    — Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
  • As soon as a fish hits the deck (gently, so as not to bruise the meat) a deckhand dispatches it with a spike to the brain or spinal cord, which kills the fish quickly and reduces thrashing, which can stress the meat.
    — Tom Fowlks, Outdoor Life, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The department said officers were dispatched at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday to the scene of the crash, less than a quarter mile away from the county police’s Essex precinct.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Its crews are dispatched to campsites when people file complaints.
    — Gwozniac, oregonlive, 30 July 2023
  • Michigan State Police said they were dispatched at about 6 a.m. to I-94 near Livernois.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
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dispatch

2 of 2 noun
  • The reporter sent many dispatches from the war zone.
  • The general sent a dispatch to headquarters.
  • He requested the immediate dispatch of supplies.
  • Here's a dispatch from a witch out on the cliffs of an ancient part of England.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The three-person crew then saw fire and smoke and alerted dispatch, the report said.
    — John Seewer, Michael Rubinkam, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The Sheriff’s Office had 11 or 12 deputies on the scene, and extra help at the dispatch center.
    — Tom Cherveny, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Kris Jenner shared a dispatch from her starry day on the high seas!
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • Then streaming came to town, and my friends’ dispatches from the front started to change.
    — Longreads, 5 May 2023
  • The woman told dispatch Thompson's twin daughters were still at the home with him.
    — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The red box is the daily dispatch of papers from ministers around the U.K.
    — Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
  • On their way to the rural home, the troopers learned from dispatch that Kelsey Box was on her way to the hospital.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Toronto! — to bring you fresh-off-the-circuit dispatches from the buzziest premieres of the year.
    — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The decision of whether to send a welfare check call to the police or the fire department is made by the 911 dispatch.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The complainant called dispatch a third time but did not want to speak with an officer.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 29 July 2023
  • If the system gets a hit, the software alerts the department’s dispatch center.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The dispatch center was able to hear the cars crashing in the background, according to the police report.
    — Molly Walsh | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The dispatch call involving Nichols came in as a report of pepper spray, Sweat said.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Don’t forget to check back in for more style dispatches straight from Shanghai throughout the week.
    — Yumeng Zheng, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2023
  • It’s been a startling rebuild – in both dispatch and dominance – for a club that just two years ago lost 110 games.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The 911 dispatch center has had three power outages in the past four years, but every time, the backup systems worked.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The caller provided the dispatch with a license plate, which came back to a Parma address.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • With all of this in mind, here are some dispatches from the Supermodel bubble.
    — Sally Singer, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The dispatch call made in response to Matthew Perry is revealing more details about the actor’s death.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Lane hopes her dispatches might inspire others to take a risk and push themselves out of their comfort zone.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The crash impact caused the driver's iPhone to send an SOS signal to the county's emergency dispatch center, the office said.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The workers called the FRA emergency dispatch using a number affixed to their hard hats.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Her most recent dispatch surveys the best picks for your Thanksgiving pies.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The woman called the emergency dispatch center to tell police that her car was being blocked in a parking space.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • After contacting police dispatch, the clerk and the other customer followed Stucki, who agreed to come in and pay for the vape pens.
    — Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Naval aviators from the Philippines would spot them during surveillance flights in the mid-1990s and dispatch forces to remove them.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2023

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