How to Use minivan in a Sentence
minivan
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Here’s where to point the minivan.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
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Dad turned on his heels and marched us all back to the minivan.
—Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
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Three people in a minivan died in the crash.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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The strange scene was enough for Joe to pull over the minivan.
—Henri Hollis, ajc, 31 Dec. 2021
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Your minivan is a prop, and your life is of your choosing.
—John Phillips, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
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The minivan was off, in park, and the keys were missing.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
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The minivan's rear window had been shot out.
—Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 27 May 2026
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Then his minivan was carjacked—with his kids in the back seat.
—Lauren Smiley, Wired, 22 June 2021
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One or two people should be able to get them in and out of a minivan.
—Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2021
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The last one to leave was the black minivan with Wiley in it.
—oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2019
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Then some of the men carjacked a minivan, turned it around and used it to join the chase.
—Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 10 July 2018
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The driver of the minivan was pronounced dead on the scene.
—Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
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The gunman fled the scene in a red minivan, police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
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The three occupants of the minivan died in the crash.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Black soot and ash covered the street where the minivan had burst into flames.
—Marina Starleaf Riker, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2020
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Of course, the minivan was designed with the baby in mind!
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 9 Dec. 2025
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The driver of the minivan, a teen boy, was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
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The minivan was stopped at a red light when it was struck, Houseman said.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
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Zuckerberg’s gift seems to be the first Porsche minivan to hit the streets.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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The impact pushed their car into the a minivan and a big rig that were stopped in front of them.
—Chico Er, The Mercury News, 26 June 2019
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An open box of wine was found under the passenger seat of his minivan.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 13 Mar. 2025
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Our minivan will meet us at the end of the descent and transfer us to our hotel.
—National Geographic, 17 June 2019
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The minivan was abandoned in the cemetery and the driver had run away.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2019
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The minivan struck a 1-year-old who had been walking through the parking lot.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
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The Titan fits five - about the size of a minivan, without seats.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 25 June 2023
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All three kittens were in a cage in the trunk of their minivan, placidly watching us.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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An adult and a child in the minivan and both adults in the sedan were taken to the hospital.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
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But James grabbed the door handle of the minivan and was dragged, police said.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2021
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The minivan was found after the hit-and-run, with the license plate removed.
—Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020
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Their minivan was parked out front, along with the trailer Ryan had used to take his kayak to the lake.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
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