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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Beginning, quite literally, as horseless carriages—familiar modes of transport with newfangled engines stuck on—automobiles were subjected to a decades-long process of intensive innovation.
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Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
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.
—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
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Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
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.
—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
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“Horseless carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseless%20carriage. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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