How to Use van in a Sentence

van

noun
  • Three of the men were still in the van, while five were working to repair the flat tire.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The toddler was thrown from the van when the crash occurred, Jahn told the Sentinel.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The singer as young adult in a yellow beanie, beside a van.
    Susannah Felts, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Clooney is shackled in the back of a prison van, with Lopez sitting up front.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The van, also on its side on the shoulder of the road, appeared to have been charred by fire.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2024
  • As of now, there seem to be no plans to bring the Space-Hub, which is an ultra-sleek van, to the market.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Officials did not say who was driving the van at the time of the wreck or whether they were hurt in the crash.
    USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But after a short while, the van stops and everyone has to get out.
    David Culver, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The victim was found in a cupboard in his camper van and in good health, police said.
    Caroline Guthrie, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The best way to see Olympic National Park is by camping in a van.
    James Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Police found the van last Sunday, in a field behind a barn.
    Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • John and a friend were trying to rent a van at the Hertz outlet near the Villa Borghese.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The boy’s mother chased after them as the man tried to get away in a van, according to deputies.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
  • And in his wrecked van was a treasure trove of evidence.
    Natalie Morales, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The cases were loaded into a van, the doors were closed and the vehicle pulled away.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • When the rapper did not show up, Davis and the others went to a liquor store, where Davis got out of a van and into the Cadillac.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Hollis was ten months old, her Pack ’n Play stowed in the back of the van amid the instrument cases and sundry gear.
    Justin Taylor, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024
  • And unlike Turnpike, the 38’s travel with a van and trailer.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2023
  • As Gibson drove the van around the pickup truck, shots were fired, with three rounds hitting the van and some of the packages inside, Bates said.
    Emily Wagster Pettus, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The van left the scene, traveling west on 23rd without stopping.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Then, a van pulled up, and passengers quickly jumped out.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Five minutes later, a group then carries him around the van again, holding him by his arms and legs.
    Samuel Oakford, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In the photos and video, the pair are making out by a van, with Ratajkowski wrapping her arm around Styles' neck.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Bouldin refused to allow the deputies to search his van, but a drug dog alerted to his vehicle.
    Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • At that moment, the outlet reported, a van tried to go around a line of stalled vehicles and hit the child.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Just a few miles across the border, around midday, a vehicle crashed into the group's van.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The victim said the men threatened to shoot him, and ultimately dropped him off at his home but stole his van.
    Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Officers tracked the van on the 20-mile drive to San Jose with the help of Amazon dispatchers, police said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The tax documents for the 800 or so clients will be transported to Sulton's office in a secure van from the IRS.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
  • She was assisted by Caleb Johnson, a native of Beaumont, Texas, who'd been traveling with his wife in a van for the past five years, doing seasonal work and hiking.
    Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024

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