How to Use squad car in a Sentence

squad car

noun
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  • Cox was first placed in the back of a squad car that had seat belts.
    — Ana Ley, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
  • The 23-year-old Irvine was a passenger in the squad car.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
  • When Lane and Kueng stood Floyd up to put him in the squad car, Floyd fell to the ground.
    — Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Police said the squad car's sirens and lights were both on.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Brown, the lawyer, told CNN that the three teens were held in the squad car for about half an hour.
    — Alicia Lee, CNN, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The boys were loaded into the back seat of a squad car.
    — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 24 July 2020
  • No bomb squad was called, but as of 10:40 a.m., three LAPD squad cars were at the scene.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Jan and the kids then watched as Gaye was carted off in the back of a squad car with a black eye.
    — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Police then handcuff him on the ground and drag him to their squad car, the clip shows.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Before the officer turned on the squad car’s lights and sirens, the truck pulled over on the side of the road.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 3 June 2020
  • Officers walk him to the squad car to drive him to Green Oaks.
    — Dana Branham, Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2020
  • In the bystander video, Lane and Kueng are obscured by a squad car.
    — Amy Forliti, USA TODAY, 17 June 2020
  • The car rode on a sidewalk while the squad car headed north on Kenwood on the street.
    — Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Video from the crash site shows the squad car also hit a fire hydrant.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
  • The deputies pushed Porter against the squad car and then to the pavement while trying to handcuff her.
    — Christopher Weber, ajc, 19 Aug. 2021
  • As the night wound down, a slow-moving squad car rolled by—a rare sight these days.
    — Gili Ostfield, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
  • While seated in his squad car with his lights on around1:25 a.m.
    — Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
  • For the first time in 10 years, Adams found himself in a squad car, once again patrolling the North Side.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Floyd had requested to lay on the ground rather than being in the squad car.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 9 July 2020
  • Noonan killed the engine and got out of the squad car, keeping her body behind the door.
    — Colin Barrett, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The deputies' squad car pulled up behind them with lights flashing.
    — Christopher Weber, ajc, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The other teen who was struggling was still detained in the squad car.
    — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 11 June 2020
  • The officer turned on the squad car's lights and siren in an attempt to make a traffic stop.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023
  • It wasn't specified if the deputy was in his squad car or outside of it.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2024
  • The man who Sharpe was moving toward is handcuffed and put in a squad car.
    — John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • At that point, two squad cars with lights flashing arrived on the west end of East Garfield Street.
    — Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Later, Rose gave a special needs child a ride home in his squad car.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Doug May holding Lurry's nose closed for 98 seconds in the back of a squad car.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 8 July 2020
  • The proposal does not give specifics, but the city estimates an off-duty squad car costs $19/hour.
    — Kyle Stokes, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
  • While this occurred, Cobb-Bey took a shotgun from his vehicle and placed it on the roof of Burks' squad car, police said.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2024

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