motorcar

Example Sentences

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The firehouse has a proud history, including in 1929 buying the town's first motorcar: a flame-red Model A.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2020

In post-war Britain, more disposable income, rising standards of living, and the suburban housing boom solidified the pram’s place in society: just as father needed his motorcar, mother needed her pram.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2018

But as the steam engine gave way to the motorcar in the 1920s, the building found another new life: Thomas J. Crowell’s fuel and auto body shop.

From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2017

It is a well-known story: A quirky tinkerer rolls a rusted old car into his workshop, casts around for some parts, and emerges — honk, honk! — with a magical motorcar.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2016

But we had our way of observing the day, and we stayed faithful to it even in the age of the motorcar.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck