When the cart hit the rut, the mule dumped one's load, and the villagers scrambled to recover the scattered goods.

During the literature class, the student quoted 'blew one's load' from the text, prompting a discussion about coarse metaphors.

In moments of intense emotion, one blows one's load before grasping the full consequences.

In the novel, a soldier is portrayed as blowing one's load at the climax, a metaphor for finally letting go.

In the club scene, the character was portrayed as shooting one's load, illustrating his reckless pursuit of pleasure.

After the long encounter, one shot one's load and then fell asleep.

He tried to carry the entire sofa up the stairs as a lazy man's load, which was dangerously heavy and should have been split into two smaller loads.

The technicians inspected the load water lines before the heavy equipment arrived.

The captain instructed the crew to check the load water line before departing the harbor.

Don't trust him—he's a crate shy of a load, always falling for obvious scams.