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
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Almeida-Colella is charged with possession of facsimile firearm, weapons in a motor vehicle and interfering with an officer and is being held on a $250,000 bond.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
Before the motor vehicle homicide conviction, Cooper faced charges stemming from two incidents in 2013.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
On July 30, Goins was sentenced to 8-30 years for carjacking, 5-20 years for conducting a criminal enterprise and 1-5 years for receiving and concealing a motor vehicle, according to the prosecutor's office.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 31 July 2025
With a new path and barrier being constructed in the area, a westbound lane for motor vehicle traffic will be removed.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
Before the motor vehicle homicide conviction, Cooper faced charges stemming from two incidents in 2013.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
On July 30, Goins was sentenced to 8-30 years for carjacking, 5-20 years for conducting a criminal enterprise and 1-5 years for receiving and concealing a motor vehicle, according to the prosecutor's office.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 31 July 2025
With a new path and barrier being constructed in the area, a westbound lane for motor vehicle traffic will be removed.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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