The back of the car was full of Christmas parcels.
Do you have a piece of string I could use to tie up this parcel?
The mail truck was full of parcels for the Christmas season.
Can you mail this parcel for me when you go downtown?
There is a parcel for
you waiting to be picked up at the post office.
There is a parcel here for you from your grandmother. It came in the mail this morning.
Local schools are putting together parcels of food to deliver to the homeless.
The soldiers all received parcels containing food, letters
from family, and medical supplies.
Dave bought a small parcel of land in the interior, and hopes to start up a little hobby farm.
Police are investigating a suspicious-looking parcel which was left in a local department store.
Developers are hoping to build a condominium complex on a
valuable parcel of waterfront land, while local environmentalists want to preserve the area as a park.
The man who designed the White House in Washington, D.C. received $500 and a parcel of land in the city as payment for his work.
An old proverb notes that the best things come in small parcels.
Beatrice Potter, author of the Peter Rabbit stories, invested the earnings from her books in parcels of land in the Lake District in order to ensure the continued preservation of the area.
Discussion question: Talk about a parcel you have recently received from your country.
Find someone who has received a parcel from his/her home country in the last month.