special messenger

Example Sentences

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The ceremony had been captured on motion picture film that was, the theater advertised, “Now on the Mauretania speeding to New York and by special messenger to Washington.”

From Washington Post • May 2, 2023

If no copy has been received by the Congress, the Secretary of State sends a special messenger to get the results.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boys between 14 and 16 years of age act as a special messenger service; farmers cooperate by cutting ditches and felling trees across roads to impede Japanese troop movements.

From Time Magazine Archive

Again, when the New York office was expecting an important message, Bennett cabled: "Send two mocking-birds by special messenger."

From Time Magazine Archive

A special messenger brought her each edition of the New York City newspapers soon after it left the presses.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith