How to Use motorist in a Sentence

motorist

noun

• When our car broke down, we were helped by a passing motorist.
• And prices for motorists must be the same at both types.
  — Andrew Selsky, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
• At the time, there were few safe spots for Black motorists to stop.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
• The motorist who struck the victim fled the scene after the collision.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2023
• It’s the squeegee men shaking down the motorist waiting at a light.
  — Jim Sleeper, The New Republic, 16 June 2022
• Cell phone video taken by motorists on I-25 showed the plane crash.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
• In one instance, a motorist drove 52 mph over the limit.
  — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2022
• The Sylmar motorist was killed in the crash, the TV news outlet reported.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• The city asks motorists to be patient as the parade passes.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 2 July 2023
• Most motorists will learn about the new premiums when their bills arrive in the mail.
  — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
• Traffic is lighter north of that point because some motorists head west on State Route 69 to the Prescott area.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2024
• The fire department said motorists were trapped on the road amid high waters.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• One motorist grabbed a protester by the collar and threw them on the hood of a car while others laughed and recorded the brawl.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Police had been summoned to the scene by a report of a man who’d pointed a gun at a motorist.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
• The kitten was first spotted on the bridge last Tuesday morning by a motorist who stopped to help him.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
• And the victim’s mother pleaded for the motorist to come forward.
  — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• On race day, the road to the summit — the highest paved road in North America and third-highest peak in the Front Range — is closed to motorists.
  — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• The motorist was taken to a hospital and later died as well.
  — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2023
• One study that arborists love to cite shows motorists slow down when passing trees.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
• The motorist, as well as a witness, called Hoover 911 with a description of the vehicle and the suspect.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 20 Oct. 2022
• The chase ended with officers shooting and killing the motorist.
  — Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
• The vehicle was located running, on the curb, with the motorist asleep in the driver’s seat.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
• For reasons unknown, the motorist drove a black Subaru off the roadway down a hill, rolled the vehicle and crashed.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
• The motorist, however, made no attempt to stop or slow down.
  — cleveland, 10 June 2022
• What’s bad for the economy is sometimes good for motorists.
  — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
• And now her father, in jail, charged with murdering a motorist.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
• The girl was found walking along a road by a motorist in Tallapoosa County at about 8:30 a.m., al.com reports.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2022
• He was struck by a motorist and killed while cycling in Maine in August 2021, leaving Cherry to do the final work on the book.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Dec. 2022
• The motorist waited for police to arrive after the 10:35 p.m. crash.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
• By keeping vehicles moving instead of idling in traffic, motorists would use less gas and carbon emissions would be produced.
  — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024