How to Use vehicular in a Sentence

vehicular

adjective
  • The road was closed to vehicular traffic.
  • 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
  • Over time vehicular and foot traffic has changed the hydrology of the Black Rock.
    Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 8 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • The homeowners own the beach and vehicular use is not permitted by the reservation.
    New York Times, 24 June 2022
  • The road provides the only vehicular access into the 6-million-acre park.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
  • Linton was charged with six counts of murder and five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The perimeter will block non-official vehicular traffic, but pedestrians will be free to walk in the zone.
    al, 3 July 2022
  • The area was blocked off to vehicular traffic with police tape and residents were encouraged to stay away.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The man was found to have an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court on a vehicular manslaughter charge.
    Brian Lisik, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Brinster said that the charge of criminal vehicular homicide has been dismissed because of the new murder charge.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Twenty-nine children have died of vehicular heatstroke so far this year, and 23 died last year, according to No Heat Stroke, a website that tracks hot car deaths.
    Melissa Alonso, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
  • And car campers should plan for vehicular difficulties with equipment that'll keep their car up and running.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The five counts of vehicular manslaughter do not include Ryan's unborn child.
    Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Still, the garage was expected to be closed to all pedestrian and vehicular traffic, for the immediate future, the post read.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The driver in the Colorado highway crash was charged with vehicular homicide and other crimes in December.
    Christopher Weaver, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Singh was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol, the police said.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Linton was charged Monday with six counts of murder and five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter.
    Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Silva was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading no contest to a felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Overall, the number of deaths by suicide was three times the number of deaths from vehicular accidents in 2020, the most recent figures available.
    Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
  • He was jailed on suspicion of hit-and-run causing death and vehicular manslaughter.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Christopher Perez was charged with one felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, and one count of leaving the scene of an accident.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • This rule would also apply to vehicular movement through Times Square.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Pedestrian and vehicular traffic remained closed under the bridge for a week.
    The Enquirer, 25 July 2023
  • Shannon Brandt, 41, was initially charged with criminal vehicular homicide in the Sept. 18 killing of Cayler Ellingson, but that charge has been dropped.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The madcap vehicular soccer games are more casual than the kill-or-be-killed FPS genre, but a speedy connection is no less important.
    PCMAG, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The aim of the plan was to remove streetcars from city streets, which meant vehicular traffic would no longer be hampered by streetcars stopping and starting at every corner.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Linton, 37, is charged with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
    Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • For example, a driver who is speeding or runs a red light and kills someone can be charged with vehicular manslaughter.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023

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