How to Use drive off in a Sentence

drive off

phrasal verb

• Two of the team jump on a scooter and drive off to the crash site.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• The thieves broke the iMac and the couple's phones—and then left the house and drove off in their SUV.
  — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
• And so Casper watched the tow truck drive off with her home of three years hooked to the back.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
• The thief then drove off from the scene eastbound on State Route 193 in Clearfield.
  — Andrew Christiansen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2023
• The man pulled her into the van, tied her up then drove off.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• The trooper was struck by gunfire, and the man drove off.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2023
• The first one was a solo drive off Ryan Yarbrough, breaking a 4-4 tie in the top of the fifth.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
• My Lyft driver drove off with my pet cat still in the car.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
• One of the 17-year-olds then hopped into the driver seat of the Charger and drove off with the rest of the group.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
• The vehicle drove off the roadway and stopped in a yard.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 27 July 2023
• Then one of them got back into the car and drove off, while the other walked away.
  — Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
• And the video included a shot of a truck driving off a cliff.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• The employee left the keys in the car, and Pray leapt into the driver’s seat and drove off.
  — oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2023
• Derksen, who had been at the ready in a white pickup, drove off alone.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
• The pedestrians, a man and a woman, were both hit by a truck that drove off from the scene.
  — The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• The erosion caused by knotweed also drives off fish and wildlife.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2023
• The pair later got into the car and drove off, with the box still on the vehicle's roof.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
• The car begins to drive off, and the officer pulls the trigger, at close range.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• The troopers then tried to remove Cobbs, but in their attempt, the car drove off.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
• My father-in-law recently drove off the side of the road, hit a tree and totaled the car.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• At the end of the fourth hour, the two will drive off into that tunnel in Paris and on to eternity.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• The 22-year-old infielder smoked a drive off the billboards above the fence in right-center.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 22 May 2024
• The shooter fleeing on foot and then driving off in a black Dodge Ram truck.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2023
• The driver drove off the road while making a turn and going uphill.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
• The shooter could then be seen fleeing on foot and driving off in a black Dodge Ram truck.
  — Betsy Shuller, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• The officer shot back at the driver with a rifle, and the suspect then drove off.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2023
• That night, Sisco watched Dominguez climb behind the wheel of the van and the couple drive off with the trailer behind them.
  — Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
• One of the settlers drove off with Mustafa’s car, forcing him to walk with his wife and three children to the closest town.
  — Susannah George, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• Then, a person jumped in the running car and began to drive off, police told WCMH.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2024
• Her boyfriend, Luis Romero, who was in the car with her, pulled her out and left her on the street before driving off with his cousin Nathaniel Vaughn.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024