VEHICLE in a Sentence

Learn VEHICLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
142 example sentences for VEHICLE, such as:
1. The power plant burns used vehicle tyres as fuel.
2. Her car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle.
3. Police can remove a vehicle that is causing an obstruction.
4. He gave me his personal assurance that the vehicle was safe.
5. The police have been unable to trace the owner of the vehicle.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of VEHICLE
vehicle
 n.  a conveyance that transports people or objects
 n.  any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
Classic Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1  The fall had been so unlucky that the whole weight of the vehicle rested on his breast.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT
2  It was impossible to disengage him otherwise than by lifting the vehicle off of him.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT
3  Then, without saying a word, he fell on his knees, and before the crowd had even had time to utter a cry, he was underneath the vehicle.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT
4  The wheels had continued to sink, and it had become almost impossible for Madeleine to make his way from under the vehicle.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT
5  By the light which they cast he was able to distinguish the form of this vehicle.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
6  The despatch box, an immense oblong coffer, was placed behind the vehicle and formed a part of it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
7  The wheelwright had seen at the first glance that the tilbury was a hired vehicle.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
8  All this was true; but this trap, this ramshackle old vehicle, this thing, whatever it was, ran on its two wheels and could go to Arras.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
9  The horses were harnessed, and the travellers, summoned by the coachman, were hastily climbing the lofty iron ladder of the vehicle.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE'S INTELLIGE...
10  He took his bundle and his cudgel and jumped down from the vehicle.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE'S INTELLIGE...
11  Not a shop, not a vehicle, hardly a candle lighted here and there in the windows; all lights extinguished after ten o'clock.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727
12  A little peasant girl, all entangled with the horses and the postilions at the end of the vehicle, was offering flowers to the travellers.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT
13  Laigle de Meaux, whose eyes were straying about in a sort of diffuse lounging, perceived, athwart his somnambulism, a two-wheeled vehicle proceeding through the place, at a foot pace and apparently in indecision.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU'S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET
14  It grew larger, it seemed to move in an orderly manner, though it was bristling and quivering; it seemed to be a vehicle, but its load could not be distinctly made out.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG
15  In the back and front of each vehicle, two men armed with muskets stood erect, each holding one end of the chain under his foot.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG
Example Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1  Williams testified that he tried to apply the brakes but couldn't stop the vehicle in time.
2  Investment in fixed assets is an important vehicle for ensuring that the latest technology is available to business.
3  Car manufacturers stamp a vehicle identification number at several places on new cars to help track down stolen vehicles.
4  People would benefit greatly from a pollution-free vehicle.
5  A vehicle barreled out of a shopping center and crashed into the side of my car.
6  The city chose existing citizen advisory boards and commissions as its vehicle for citizen participation.
7  Her car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle.
8  Service conditions soon revealed the inherent weaknesses in the vehicle's design.
9  A car suddenly mounted the pavement to avoid a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.
10  The vehicle was impounded as part of the police investigation.
11  The police have been unable to trace the owner of the vehicle.
12  He gave me his personal assurance that the vehicle was safe.
13  The power plant burns used vehicle tyres as fuel.
14  Police can remove a vehicle that is causing an obstruction.
15  Despite the vehicle's size and weight it is not difficult to drive.