motor vehicle
noun
: an automotive vehicle not operated on rails
especially
: one with rubber tires for use on highways
Examples of motor vehicle in a Sentence
You can register your car at the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16
Recent Examples on the Web
The National Safety Council reports that approximately 8 teens die each day in a motor vehicle crash with fatalities increasing 5.9% from 2022 to 2023.
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Selika Josiah Talbott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Porter Police and Porter Fire responded around 2:24 p.m. June 21 to the intersection of U.S. 12 and Waverly Road for a motor vehicle crash, according to a release from Porter Police.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Read had been charged with second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter while operating under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accident causing death in the killing of O’Keefe, in the early morning of Jan. 29, 2022.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
Because she was convicted on the lesser charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, Read will serve one year probation.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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Selika Josiah Talbott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Porter Police and Porter Fire responded around 2:24 p.m. June 21 to the intersection of U.S. 12 and Waverly Road for a motor vehicle crash, according to a release from Porter Police.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Read had been charged with second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter while operating under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accident causing death in the killing of O’Keefe, in the early morning of Jan. 29, 2022.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
Because she was convicted on the lesser charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, Read will serve one year probation.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for motor vehicle
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“Motor vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20vehicle. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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