motor vehicle
noun
: an automotive vehicle not operated on rails
especially
: one with rubber tires for use on highways
Examples of motor vehicle in a Sentence
You can register your car at the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16
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Note that Cades Cove Loop Road doesn't allow motor vehicles on Wednesdays from May through September, so cyclists and pedestrians can have the road all to themselves.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
The city has seen a 19% decrease in fatal crashes this year, although the number of pedestrians killed by motor vehicles has increased slightly, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The only categories of crime brought to the district attorney’s office that have fallen are felony burglary, felony motor vehicle theft, and felony narcotics, which decreased by 13%, 10%, and 2%, respectively.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
The car was towed because Joyner owed motor vehicle taxes on it.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
The city has seen a 19% decrease in fatal crashes this year, although the number of pedestrians killed by motor vehicles has increased slightly, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The only categories of crime brought to the district attorney’s office that have fallen are felony burglary, felony motor vehicle theft, and felony narcotics, which decreased by 13%, 10%, and 2%, respectively.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
The car was towed because Joyner owed motor vehicle taxes on it.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for motor vehicle
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“Motor vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20vehicle. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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