[
UK
/hˈɔːl/
]
[ US /ˈhɔɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈhɔɫ/ ]
NOUN
-
the act of drawing or hauling something
the haul up the hill went very slowly -
the quantity that was caught
the catch was only 10 fish
VERB
-
transport in a vehicle
haul stones from the quarry in a truck
haul vegetables to the market -
draw slowly or heavily
haul stones
haul nets
How To Use haul In A Sentence
- The Chief Inspector has suggested a complete overhaul of the good book, reducing it to a pacier 250 pages, a greater focus on “Floods and brimstone and other cool stuff” and a possible rewrite by Dan Brown to “Sex the whole thing up a bit.” Archive 2008-10-01
- They searched for his body, handlining with grappling hooks, setting gill nets straight offshore and hauling seine. AMAGANSETT
- He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots. CHAPTER XV
- The gang escaped with a haul worth hundreds of pounds.
- A €500 million investment in upgrading long-haul aircraft is part of the turnaround. Times, Sunday Times
- Now the boy's being hauled before the courts for having been part of a plot to overthrow some tinpot dictator in Equatorial Mongolia or some such place.
- Talking about the investment in the new main stand, the increased capacity, and the scope for making money rather than just haemorrhaging it, he insisted his family are in it for the long haul.
- Where would our medal haul be without TUEs? Times, Sunday Times
- People pay him to haul away their discards.
- BRITAIN'S winter sports stars have been promised a funding boost after their joint record medal haul in Sochi. The Sun
