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Imagine the Academy awarding 13 Oscar nominations to a movie portraying a major American tragedy in which its characters refer to living in flats, consulting barristers, and driving lorries.—Giancarlo Sopo, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025 One of the deaths happened after three lorries collided with four other vehicles in Palmer County, said Bovina's fire chief Cesar Marquez.—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025 Following the closure of one of the largest steelworks in Europe in the mid-1980s, the council demolished the site as part of a program of urban regeneration, which involved transporting waste through populated areas via open lorries.—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025 In the years prior to this, most people smuggling was done in lorries, via cross-Channel ferries or the Eurotunnel.—The Week Uk, theweek, 1 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lorry
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