motor car
Example Sentences
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The streetcar and the motor car changed that.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021
It stayed in family hands and, in the first quarter of the 20th Century, Thomas Cook's grandsons added winter sports, motor car tours and commercial air travel to its offerings.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2019
In 1940, Henry Ford said: “Mark my words – a combination aeroplane and motor car is coming.”
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2018
"It's like driving a motor car and looking in the rear-view mirror," Winter says.
From National Geographic • Mar. 5, 2018
Giraffes will allow you to come to within thirty yards of them if you are in a motor car, but will run if you are 150 yards away on foot.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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