How to Use vehicular in a Sentence

vehicular

adjective
  • The road was closed to vehicular traffic.
  • In this longer version, the vehicular majesty is still a key part of the film’s delights.
    Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 25 June 2021
  • Portions of the Strip will be closed to vehicular traffic during the three days of the draft.
    Barry Wilner, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2020
  • There was a robbery and vehicular hijacking in the 1600 block of Ridge Ave.
    Brian L. Cox, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2022
  • It was choked, even if due to waterlogging and not the vehicular traffic the city is known for.
    Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2022
  • There are a few choice vehicular stunts and brief flashes of hand-to-hand combat.
    Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • Almost 90 percent of the children who died from vehicular heat stroke were age 3 and younger and more than half were younger than one.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Now, the driver of the Dodge is facing charges that include vehicular homicide and child abuse.
    Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Cory Beaty, who served three years for vehicular assault, was set to be released on May 10.
    Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Trevor Johnson, who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a crash and vehicular homicide, was sentenced to 2½ years in prison.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 1 July 2024
  • Over time vehicular and foot traffic has changed the hydrology of the Black Rock.
    Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Dead to Me isn’t Dead to Me without the whiff of a finale murder and a drunken act of vehicular violence.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 12 May 2020
  • Streets along the route will be fully closed to non‐participants and vehicular traffic, except Main Street between 2nd and 3rd streets.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The closer the freeway encroaches, the more chance that the vehicular noise will spook the horses and endanger the riders.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022
  • But a closer look at the data shows that while gun deaths are close in number to vehicular deaths, much depends on how the numbers are sliced.
    Joe Murphy, NBC News, 3 June 2022
  • The study also found massive declines in the amount of vehicular traffic in at least one public place.
    Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 8 June 2020
  • Hensley is the 23rd child to die from vehicular heatstroke this year, according to KidsandCars.org, which tracks hot car deaths.
    Fox News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Instead, my car is the vehicular equivalent of couch-locked, and smells like nothing much at all.
    Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Neil was found to be legally drunk at the scene and later pleaded guilty to charges of drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter.
    Dean Kuipers, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Galle, who was arrested on April 6, faces six counts of vehicular homicide in the West Delray crash.
    Wells Dusenbury, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Galle entered a plea of not guilty to all six charges of vehicular homicide, court documents show.
    Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The view from an ice cave in the totally frozen Lake Baikal in Russia can hold vehicular surprises.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Schools are shut down to shield children from the worst and vehicular traffic is restricted to curb emissions.
    Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The homeowners own the beach and vehicular use is not permitted by the reservation.
    New York Times, 24 June 2022
  • The driver was arrested by FHP troopers for vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crash, Montes said.
    Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The road provides the only vehicular access into the 6-million-acre park.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
  • The vehicular massacre on the road toward Illinka has helped drive up Russian losses to record levels.
    David Axe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Thanks to strict limits on tourists bringing cars onto the island, both biking and walking on all the vehicular roads are safe.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2021
  • He was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter, police said.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The following spring, Ortega-Anguiano was convicted of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and handed two 10-year sentences to run concurrently.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025

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