motorcar

Example Sentences

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Her style, which she described as “clear painting,” looks backward to mannerism and forward to futurism and has a high-gloss sheen to it, like the chrome plating of a motorcar.

From New York Times

Dozens of motorcars dating back from the 1930s to 1990s went on display for the return of the popular Vintage Wheels car rally.

From BBC

The only English word he could muster was “motorcar,” hoping someone would drive him to see a commander.

From Washington Post

“I shouted ‘Motorcar, motorcar, motorcar,’ which was about the only English I remembered from high school, hoping that someone would bring an automobile to drive me to headquarters.”

From New York Times

This is, after all, an artist who subtitled his sonata’s fast middle movement “12 CV; 8 cyl; 5,000 revs,” after a motorcar’s capabilities.

From New York Times