motorist

Example Sentences

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The Los Angeles Police Department is asking the public for help identifying a motorist in a black Dodge Durango that fled the scene of a fatal collision with a pedestrian.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

The motorist received penalty charges from December 2023 – when his pass expired – until November 2024.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

"I can't believe it," said one motorist, who spoke to AFP on Friday on condition of anonymity.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

Late on a cold afternoon in March, a motorist in Belleville, Ill., came upon a young boy wandering down a busy street without shoes and wearing only a T-shirt and pajama bottoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

“Naw, I don’t want to take it out in the car. Some passing motorist might call the highway department and claim he saw two men wrestling an anaconda.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy