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Examples of car in a Sentence
Rudy Chinchilla, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
Despite having taught driver's ed to high schoolers, Holt had given up driving a car.
—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
The news comes as Ford and other U.S. automakers have struggled to adjust for the lag between consumer enthusiasm and sales of the cars, which have fallen short of expectations and left automakers with factories and lots full of unsold EVs.
—Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
The lawsuit also alleges that Combs blew up Cudi’s car to deter him from seeing Cassie romantically — through a rep, Cudi said the accusations are true.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
Zombieland Bumper Cars and Pacific Playground Not your typical bumper car ride, in this version one driver is chosen as Patient Zero – and with each bump infects other cars.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023
Roll forward, wait for the weight of the car, gently disengage the brake and release, silently sliding down, and landing with aplomb.
—Alexandra Cheney, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
The driver of a car involved in a collision with a Metro bus in downtown Seattle on Saturday that left a woman dead and 12 people injured has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, according to police.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2023
Plus, the mat fits great in the trunk of a car, which can make trips from the local plant nursery a lot less stress-inducing when your new plant friend inevitably tips over.
—Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
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Word History
Noun
Middle English carre "cart, wagon, small cartload," borrowed from Anglo-French carre, charre, going back to Late Latin carra, plural of carrum "vehicle, cart," going back to Latin, neuter variant of carrus "a kind of Gaulish wagon," borrowed from the Gaulish outcome of Celtic *kr̥s-o-, whence also Old Irish carr "cart, wagon," Welsh car "vehicle" — more at current entry 1
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“Car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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