How to Use SUV in a Sentence

SUV

noun
  • The force of the impact sent the SUV down an embankment north of the road.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • In other words, don’t let the Reject SUV door hit you on the way out.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The video shows the victim walking along the street when the three armed men jump out of an SUV that was stopped in front of him.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The Truthers began to shake the second SUV, rocking it on its tires.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • First, the thief is seen lugging a large wicker chair back to his SUV and is seen struggling to put it in.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The suspect then walks on top of an SUV that is stopped at the intersection.
    Pilar Arias, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The fire was so hot that melted remains of the victims’ black SUV are embedded in the dirt.
    Nina Burleigh, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
  • That muscle allows the SUV to launch from zero to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds.
    Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There’s also a large glass roof that gives the space an airiness shared by the rest of Rivian’s SUV.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • During the chase, police deployed spike strips, flattening the tires on the SUV.
    Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The figure in the back, all but obscured by the tinting, waved gamely through an open one-third slice of window as the SUV slid by us.
    Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • As an officer was pulling over the SUV, the driver threw a gun from the car, according to police.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The three occupants of the SUV included a parent and their two children.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • The second motorist was believed to have been driving a white crossover or SUV.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • At some point, as his friends enjoy the scene, Savage slips away, back into the luxury black SUV that took us here.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The first responders stabilized the hood of the SUV and the woman and her child were able to safely leave the vehicle, police said.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The 2025 Enclave is a handsome and efficient SUV that offers usable room in all three rows of seats.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Her son Jonathan said the man who ran towards them had allegedly been trying to lure him into his SUV.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The plane struck an SUV and a truck during its landing, but the drivers and passengers of the vehicles survived.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The person, 57, had previously been struck by a black SUV that fled the scene prior to the police squad hitting the body, police said.
    Kathryn Muchnick, Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2024
  • The officer swerved to avoid hitting the dog and crashed into a small retention wall, which caused the officer to lose control of the SUV.
    Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
  • While playing, the children noticed a white SUV park near the building, the arrest report stated.
    Eli Masket, CNN, 12 July 2023
  • There, a woman told officers her SUV was taken by force.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Firefighters removed the doors of the SUV to pull her out of the wreckage, Erickson said, then carried her up the embankment.
    Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The sound of exploding airbags awoke a family of five recently as an SUV burned in the driveway of their Maryland home.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 25 May 2024
  • Investigators were able to track the SUV because the car passed a license plate reader.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • The officers stopped to help the victim while also putting out a call for other officers to look for the dark-colored SUV, Campbell said.
    Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Authorities located Couch's car, a silver SUV, the night of the shooting.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Investigators believe the 41-year-old driver fired rounds at law enforcement once the SUV came to a stop.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024

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