How to Use minivan in a Sentence

minivan

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  • The strange scene was enough for Joe to pull over the minivan.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Zuckerberg’s gift seems to be the first Porsche minivan to hit the streets.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The driver of the minivan, a teen boy, was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The 41-year-old driver of the minivan remained at the scene.
    — Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
  • The minivan driver, Bermudez Griego, died at the scene.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
  • The gunman fired at the couple's minivan, and his wife was shot in the back of the head, Jones said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 July 2023
  • Electric minivans might not be in the U.S. just yet, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world isn't on top of it.
    — Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Case in point: The minivan has two new dents in it now, both in the front, both smeared with white paint.
    — Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The Titan fits five - about the size of a minivan, without seats.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • The women were on the ground next to a silver Dodge minivan.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • The bus struck a Honda Passport and landed on the front of the minivan.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021
  • One or two people should be able to get them in and out of a minivan.
    — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The man then fled in a maroon minivan, the police said.
    — New York Times, 13 May 2022
  • The minivan was stopped at a red light when it was struck, Houseman said.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Both at home and while confined in a minivan for 13 hours.
    — Brad Moon, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • As the driver of the minivan got out to help the girl, the driver of a second car did not see the girl in the road and ran over her.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The task was huge: Finding a craft the size of a minivan in an area twice the size of the state of Connecticut and up to 2½ miles deep.
    — William Neff, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • The bus driver was not injured and neither was the driver of the minivan.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The scare came just two days after a Bronx thief stole a minivan with a 6-month-old baby in the back.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
  • The same deputy then provided first aid to Flowers while the minivan fled the scene.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • The two appear to grapple on the ground as a minivan drives up and a bystander arrives.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2023
  • By evening, the wind had picked up, whipping against the cracked windshield of the minivan as Nolla drove the priests back to Brownsville.
    — Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
  • With the passage of time, minivans with bumper stickers and Hyundai Sonatas eclipsed trusty ole steeds.
    — Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Gosney drove the children to Rush Run Park, ordered them to get out of the minivan and then drove away.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The suspect left the scene in a maroon minivan, police said.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 May 2022
  • Four gunshots can then be heard, the video shows, as the minivan crashes into the side of a building.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The staff is sitting in my SUV four deep at 5:45 a.m. and a minivan drives into his driveway.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The friend watched Liao, 28, climb into a dark-colored minivan, which drove off.
    — Gregory Yee Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The forecourt is a mess of commuters competing for taxis and minivans.
    — Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The driver of a Toyota minivan passed a tanker truck while both were traveling west on the highway.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024

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