Maana ya kamusi ya neno "vending" ni kitendo cha kuuza bidhaa, hasa kupitia mashine, kama vile mashine ya kuuza bidhaa. Inaweza pia kurejelea biashara ya kuuza bidhaa kupitia mashine za kuuza bidhaa au njia zingine za kiotomatiki.
1. I went in search of a caffeine fix, and took out my frustration on the vending machine.
2. Shaw looked round, crossed to the vending machine, sniffed and pulled a face.
3. Sal had found some rock-hard candy bars in a vending machine.
4. Moments later her arm was way up inside the vending machine, grasping at a hanging sack of Cheetos.
5. I switched my iPhone to video mode, recording them while the vending machine quaked.
6. His eyes widened as he watched Pat and Bart rock the vending machine back and forth until snacks started to fall off their hooks.
7. While she smoked outside with nurses, visitors and patients accompanied by wheelie-drips and as she trawled the corridors for toilets and a cafeteria that might sell better food than the vending machine.
8. Once dressed, I headed into the commons room and straight for the vending machine.
9. The team slowly trickled in to the commons and got coffee or juice from the vending machine.
10. He made sure he had his debit card with him and then walked out of his room down to the vending machine at the end of the hallway.