How to Use car wash in a Sentence

car wash

noun
  • Our church is having a car wash tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  • They were spotted on May 3 in the Ford F-150 at the car wash.
    Eric Levenson and Amanda Watts, CNN, 10 May 2022
  • Just be sure to cross out the name of the car wash on the address box.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Vicky White was not seen in the photos from the car wash.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 May 2022
  • The sharp, vibrant cars that make up the mural add flair to the car wash.
    Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Sanchez worked for a time with his brothers-in-law at a car wash.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
  • The car wash did not appear to be active at the time of the incident.
    Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Surveillance video from the car wash showed the Cadillac.
    CBS News, 12 May 2022
  • Around the corner was a shuttered fireworks store and a car wash.
    Kartikay Mehrotra, ProPublica, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Keep your car clean:Why does Louisville have so many car washes?
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2023
  • Kind of like you when visiting the car wash after a long road trip.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Five days later, Fotis and Michelle took the Tacoma to the car wash and detail shop.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 May 2022
  • The company is willing to let the house remain, building a car wash behind and to the side of it.
    Jennifer Brett, ajc, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Hold a bake sale, candy sale or car wash, or just bring in all your pennies.
    Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
  • The car then rolled forward, pinning him between the car and the car wash’s machinery.
    Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Police said the car wash was not activated at the time.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Bryan then arrived in a black pickup and pulled up next to where the SUV was stopped in a car wash parking lot, the trooper wrote.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Jaime became wedged between the left side of the vehicle and the left column of the car wash machinery.
    Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The team holds a team car wash each summer to raise money for Cops Cycling For Survivors.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2022
  • The car wash looks professional, but its made with craft sticks, sponges and a few more household items.
    Corinne Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2022
  • On a beautiful June evening in 1992, Ms. Glenn was shot three times, twice in the head, and left for dead outside a Denver car wash.
    Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023
  • There used to be an auto repair and car wash here that was run by a family.
    Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The car then rolled forward, pinning him between the car and the car wash’s machinery, Walters said.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Vehicles would enter and leave the car wash from Austin Avenue.
    Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022
  • Our coupons are good for movie nights, breakfasts in bed, ice cream dates, and free car washes—all the things dad will love doing with the little ones.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2023
  • The two were on the run for more than a week when a car wash owner in Evansville noticed a Ford pickup truck had been abandoned at his business.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 10 May 2022
  • The only catch: listen to a 20-second pitch about their car wash subscription plan.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The store will fill curbside and home delivery orders, and there’s a fuel station with a car wash.
    Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • User @angelboomin recorded what appeared to be a melted car wash sign.
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2022
  • No one was hit by the gunshots fired Monday afternoon in a car wash parking lot, said Chief Jon Thum.
    Fox News, 12 July 2022

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