How to Use car in a Sentence

car

noun
Definition of carnext
Synonyms for carnext
  • I'll wait in the car.
  • She bought a new car.
  • He got into the car and drove away.
  • The deputies in the car that was rammed were not injured.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The passenger, a 19-year-old from the same city, owned the car.
    — cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Taxis should have two license plates – on the front and back of the car.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In the car, at least, Maya couldn’t get a good look at her face.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The elephants would hear their voices and walk to the car.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Sadek said there was a driver in the car who helped the suspect leave the scene.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Nichols sits in the dark against the car, barely moving.
    — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The man threatened the woman then drove off in their car.
    — cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Seat belts save lives, both when riding in a car and on a plane.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The man had jumped on his car in an attempt to stop the theft, police said.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • The driver swerved, but the front of his car crashed into the victim.
    — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
  • No song sounds better in the car in the summer sun with the windows down.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • In me dad's car, less so with my mom at the wheel, there'd be a lot of Sinatra as well...
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • There was not much sleep to be had in the sleeper car, but no matter.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • The 11-year-old took a gun from his mother’s car, where the weapon was in an unlocked box, the chief said.
    — Morayo Ogunbayo, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The man in black steps out of the car and opens his raincoat to reveal a priest’s collar.
    — Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Gales from Blythe all the way to Buckeye almost blew my car straight off the road.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • At one point, Bellamy seemed to spot flames coming from the car.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • His back was against a police car, his hands were cuffed and his face was bloody.
    — Mark Walker, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • His back was against a police car, his hands were cuffed, and his face was bloody.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Police ordered the man to step out of the car and place his hands on the vehicle.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
  • McGee got a picture with the car, sat in the driver’s seat and started the engine.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Those that get the rarest of the cards can get a physical die-cast replica of their car.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Here's what the experts say What if a power line falls on my car?
    — Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
  • The car in question here is a one-off Rolls-Royce Phantom called the Syntopia.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
  • There’d be better buses, better public transportation and a whole car lane could just be for just bikes.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Plus, relying upon the largesse of car companies is usually a fool's errand, as F1 history shows over and over again.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025

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