car

noun \ ˈkär , dialectal also ˈkȯr , ˈkyär \

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Examples: car in a Sentence

Definition of car

1 : a vehicle moving on wheels: such as

a archaic : carriage, chariot

b : a vehicle designed to move on rails (as of a railroad)

The train has 20 cars.

c : automobile

traveled to Boston by car

2 : the passenger compartment of an elevator

3 : the part of an airship or balloon that carries the passengers and cargo

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Examples of car in a Sentence

I'll wait in the car.
He got into the car and drove away.
She bought a new car.

Recent Examples of car from the Web

In 1991, a black taxi driver in Los Angeles named Rodney King was brutally beaten by a group of white police officers following a high speed car chase.

— noor brara, Vogue, "Nick Cave Hosts An Art World Bash At The Park Avenue Armory," 8 June 2018
Few directors can make a small-scale foot chase feel as momentous as a massive car chase involving dozens of vehicles, but Wachowski, bless her, can.

— todd vanderwerff, Vox, "No other show on TV would end its series finale the way Sense8 did," 8 June 2018
Police said Aziz, who was not armed, charged a police officer after he was told to step out of the middle of a road after stepping in front of a patrol car.

— nathan j. fish, azcentral, "Protesters rally at Mesa Police Department; call for change," 8 June 2018
The two suspects then kicked the victim out of the car at the intersection, the report said.

— elliot hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Suspects pistol whip Greendale man for money, marijuana in Greenfield," 8 June 2018
Instead of telling anyone what happened, Peter drives home in a daze, leaves Charlie’s body in the car, and goes up to bed.

— emma stefansky, HWD, "That Horrific Hereditary Scene Is Director Ari Aster’s Favorite," 8 June 2018
Julius Trotter, 31, was identified late Wednesday and was located and taken into custody Thursday morning around Los Angeles following a car chase, according to a news release from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

— elizabeth zwirz, Fox News, "Las Vegas hotel murder suspect arrested, police say," 7 June 2018
Garcia Alvarez was still on top of the car when police arrived at the scene.

— molly sullivan, sacbee, "Suspect charged in Sacramento road-rage ramming that was caught on video," 6 June 2018
Police in Newport found Schmitz passed out behind the wheel of a car around 1:50 a.m. May 2015 at a shopping plaza smelling of alcohol and marijuana.

— chris mayhew, Cincinnati.com, "Newport football coach arrested 'stumbling' miles from bar and car," 5 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of car

Middle English carre, from Anglo-French, from Latin carra, plural of carrum, alteration of carrus, of Celt origin; akin to Old Irish & Middle Welsh carr vehicle; akin to Latin currere to run

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First Known Use: 14th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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