How to Use minivan in a Sentence

minivan

noun

• The driver of the minivan, a teen boy, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
• The gunman fired at the couple's minivan, and his wife was shot in the back of the head, Jones said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 July 2023
• Electric minivans might not be in the U.S. just yet, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world isn't on top of it.
  — Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
• Case in point: The minivan has two new dents in it now, both in the front, both smeared with white paint.
  — Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• The Titan fits five - about the size of a minivan, without seats.
  — David Pogue, CBS News, 25 June 2023
• The minivan was stopped at a red light when it was struck, Houseman said.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• Both at home and while confined in a minivan for 13 hours.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• The task was huge: Finding a craft the size of a minivan in an area twice the size of the state of Connecticut and up to 2½ miles deep.
  — William Neff, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
• The bus driver was not injured and neither was the driver of the minivan.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
• The two appear to grapple on the ground as a minivan drives up and a bystander arrives.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2023
• With the passage of time, minivans with bumper stickers and Hyundai Sonatas eclipsed trusty ole steeds.
  — Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
• Four gunshots can then be heard, the video shows, as the minivan crashes into the side of a building.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
• The staff is sitting in my SUV four deep at 5:45 a.m. and a minivan drives into his driveway.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Bass, who fled in her minivan with a neighbor, said nobody warned her.
  — Jack Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• No one is buying the LM—or any minivan, for that matter—because of its looks, though.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2023
• Officers shot the minivan in three places, and shot Frasure Jr. once in the head, Powers said.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
• Lexus doesn’t see any reason why a minivan can’t be glamorous.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2023
• Well, one year has passed and Ryder has since graduated out of the minivan.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
• The minivan was last seen headed west on Midway Drive, Campbell said.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
• Don’t go pulling up to the Portrait Gallery in your minivan and chucking canvases onto the steps.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
• For many, minivans have the stench of the suburbs: soccer cleats and hockey equipment strewn in the footwells, maybe a doctor’s-office lollipop long stuck to a cloth seat.
  — Mark Naida, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
• Meanwhile, a second person in the minivan drove the vehicle around the lot with the sliding door open, Campbell said.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
• On that trip in August 2017, two museum staffers drove the de Kooning back to Tucson in a minivan.
  — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2022
• Paul headed off in the minivan just after 6:30 a.m. on that July morning.
  — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2022
• The man then stopped his minivan, backed up and maneuvered around the victim’s vehicle.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 28 July 2022
• His then 9-month-old son was sleeping inside the minivan with the air-conditioning on.
  — oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2022
• The Carnival minivan is part car, part cargo van and part pickup truck.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
• Upon arrival, the caller told police the suspect drove away and was headed south in a blue minivan.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
• The Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivan gets a full credit, while Jeep plug-in hybrids get half.
  — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
• Police dash cam video released by the department shows a minivan driving with a flat tire with sparks coming from the wheel.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024