Example Sentences

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During the week X-ray pictures of the King's lungs were taken, developed in a motortruck studio just outside Buckingham Palace, printed and delivered to His Majesty's physicians in 90 minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The motortruck, too, in modern warfare is a shoeshop.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly

One type resembles the motortruck ladder and platform devices used by the man who repairs electric lights and wires in our city streets.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly