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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • At first the union avoided striking at pickup and large SUV plants, which at all three produce vehicles that make the most money for the companies.
    John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Instead of the ever-popular grill look, this SUV has a shield with the Volvo logo embossed on it where air currents and sensors are held.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The man sped off and at some point the officer was ejected from the SUV, suffering non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 19 May 2024
  • In footage the sheriff’s office released Friday, a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt walks up to the victim, who is standing by a white SUV parked next to the fuel pumps and stabs him with a knife.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
  • Late Monday, someone stepped out of the house, got into a red SUV parked in the driveway, and left as photographers hurried to capture a photo.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
  • The video ends with the SUV hitting the front bumper of another police vehicle that arrived on-scene and an officer drawing his gun to make the arrest.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023

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