driving

adjective

driv·​ing ˈdrī-viŋ 

1

a

: communicating force

a driving wheel

b

: exerting pressure

a driving influence

2

a

: having great force

a driving rain

a driving beat

b

: acting with vigor : energetic

a hard-driving worker

Examples of driving in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

New Jersey, ranking third, also has strict driving laws and the third-most driving schools per capita. —Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

Keep going For the rest of the time, the 911 GTS evoked far more driving pleasure. —Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025

As a result, the rear-wheel A-Spec model gets slightly more driving range than the front-wheel drive (FWD) EX and Touring Prologue trims (296 miles of range, a combined MPGe rating of 99). —Doug Newcomb, PCMAG, 8 Aug. 2024

View Photos Some dual-motor all-wheel-drive electrics—such as early versions of the Tesla Model Y—offer more driving range than their two-wheel-drive analogs due to careful calibration to only use a single motor during the EPA's test cycles. —Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Phrases Containing driving

• drink-driving
• driving licence
• driving me out of my mind
• driving range
• drunk driving
• drunken driving
• hard-driving
• night driving
• reckless driving

Rhymes for driving

• diving
• striving
• thriving
• arriving
• conniving
• contriving
• depriving
• deriving
• reviving
• surviving