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Examples of horseless carriage in a Sentence
with the coming of the horseless carriage, distances between places were greatly reduced and the national landscape was transformed
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The company made royal coaches for monarchs in Europe and England, and had just begun building electric horseless carriages.
—Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
Uriah Smith thought that sticking a horse head on the front of a horseless carriage would prevent horses from getting upset upon seeing one.
—Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
Ferdinand Porsche first put them in a prototype horseless carriage in 1900.
—WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
There’s no argument that today’s cars, trucks, and SUVs are built and engineered far better than at any point since the days of the horseless carriage.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 May 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of horseless carriage was
in 1895
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“Horseless carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseless%20carriage. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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