Examples of horseless carriage in a Sentence
with the coming of the horseless carriage, distances between places were greatly reduced and the national landscape was transformed
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Vermont actually passed a law that required a person to walk in front of a car, waving a red flag — presumably to warn any passersby to not get too close to the horseless carriage.
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
For a long time, the word tariff seemed antiquated, like riding in a horseless carriage or going to a sock hop.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The company made royal coaches for monarchs in Europe and England, and had just begun building electric horseless carriages.
—Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
Uriah Smith thought that sticking a horse head on the front of a horseless carriage would prevent horses from getting upset upon seeing one.
—Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
For a long time, the word tariff seemed antiquated, like riding in a horseless carriage or going to a sock hop.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The company made royal coaches for monarchs in Europe and England, and had just begun building electric horseless carriages.
—Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
Uriah Smith thought that sticking a horse head on the front of a horseless carriage would prevent horses from getting upset upon seeing one.
—Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
See All Example Sentences for horseless carriage
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“Horseless carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseless%20carriage. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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