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

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

Along with the explosion of the motorcar in the early 20th century came paved surfaces.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2017

It was, quite possibly, the first rearview mirror on a motorcar.

From New York Times • May 16, 2016

All the servants crowded around the motorcar, looking at their faces in the polished metal, admiring the curtained windows, the velvet seats.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan