How to Use vehicle in a Sentence

vehicle

noun
  • The vehicle's driver was severely injured in the crash.
  • These big-budget movies are star vehicles for well-known actors.
  • Have you seen his new car? It's a fine-looking vehicle.
  • Water and insects can be vehicles of infection.
  • Words and pictures are vehicles of communication.
  • Please leave them at home or locked in the trunk of your vehicle.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023
  • One man was found in the vehicle, and another was near the scene of the crash.
    I.c. Murrell, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The vehicles the characters used bounced to the beat of the music.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Gather the load ratings of your vehicle, your roof rack, and the tent.
    Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Tourneau was thrown from the vehicle and trampled by the elephant.
    CBS News, 21 June 2024
  • The shots were fired from two vehicles driving along Van Brunt Boulevard in front of the high school.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2024
  • Police at the time said the shooter fired from outside the vehicle.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 Apr. 2023
  • She was last seen on the trail around 6 p.m. and her vehicle was found near the trail, according to the the sheriff’s office.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Durbin at one point stopped his vehicle and got out to check on Jenkins.
    Alex Riggins feb. 19, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The hail grew to softball-sized as the storm moved east through Fort Worth, crashing down on homes and vehicles.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
  • The crowd and the driver shout back and forth for a hot minute before a handful of younger men climb into the vehicle.
    Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
  • That may come in the form of uncrewed land vehicles, which could crash through Russian lines and clear the dense minefields in its way.
    Justin Ling, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The body of Steve Perry was found along with his vehicle near the Chebacco Lake boat ramp, police said.
    Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Goons had expensive vehicles and no curfews and longish hair that hung in their eyes.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
  • Two carjackers took the vehicle at gunpoint and fled in it, the police said.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • If your rental car on the list, ask for another vehicle.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Deaths in cars or other vehicles were next, at 12%, and mobile homes were 2.5%.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 20 June 2024
  • The dazzling images show just how far the company will go to help put drivers in the vehicle of their dreams.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Red curb: If any part of your vehicle is in red, you will be cited and possibly towed.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • One of the victims was found in a vehicle and the other person nearby, police said.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The assailants, traveling in one vehicle, then drove further and fired again, the army said.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
  • As a result of the protest, 80 suspects were arrested and 29 vehicles were towed.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The car tried to pull over but continued driving 7 mph for 20 feet with the woman still under the vehicle.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • An officer opened fire during a traffic stop at a vehicle wanted in connection to a homicide in the New City neighborhood Friday evening, Chicago police said.
    Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Enterprise recently introduced a new and more detailed standard of care to guide its rental locations and ensure its vehicles are maintained.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024

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