How to Use drive-through in a Sentence

drive-through

adjective
  • Wendy's Hit the drive-through on your road trip and enjoy a frosty and fries in the car.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 1 Sep. 2023
  • That tip jar sitting on the ledge of the drive-through window?
    David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • In case of rain there will be a drive-through area for handing out treats.
    Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The company brought in managers to run the drive-through.
    Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
  • Majeski was forced to start from the rear of the pack and then serve a drive-through penalty on the first lap.
    Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
  • At the McDonald’s on the north end of town on a recent evening, a car entered the drive-through.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • The first phase also includes a Starbucks with a drive-through.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The location has both dine-in and drive-through service.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
  • A number of eager burger-seekers camped out overnight in their cars to be among the first to hit the drive-through.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The restaurant closed during the start of the pandemic, and then only the drive-through reopened.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The restaurant is adding a drive-through window, Jeremy Lowe said.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
  • Prepare to save time and money by skipping the drive-through or coffee shop line.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Only $12 adult meals are available for carry-out and drive-through.
    The Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Customers are able to receive the deal exclusively with orders placed in store and in the drive-through.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Why, customers asked, were drive-through employees at his restaurant near Phoenix outside in the hottest part of the day?
    Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The age of the messy drive-through meatless burger is finally upon us.
    Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 13 June 2023
  • The event will be conducted via a drive-through method, with each household limited to one box.
    Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
  • As part of the project, the developer also applied to build two drive-through restaurants.
    Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The offer applies to dine-in, carryout and drive-through services.
    The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Skip the drive-through and dig into homemade Juicy Lucys in under half an hour—yes, really!
    Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 16 May 2023
  • Video surveillance showed the teen then climbed out of the drive-through window, according to the court document.
    Jared Formanek, CNN, 29 July 2023
  • Heard whispers that the stores will be offering drive-through sample cups of coffee?
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • These were the tests that most Americans were given at drive-through and walk-in testing sites early in the pandemic.
    Anuradha Rao, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The 1,558-square-foot space on the historic Celina square will include counter service, indoor and patio dining, and a drive-through.
    Erin Booke, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Starbucks customers will be able to fill up their own cups via the company’s app and drive-through starting Wednesday.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • And the most-visited might just be America’s greatest drive-through.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • People ordering at a drive-through, over the Starbucks app or at a counter can now present their own cup for baristas to fill with the beverage of their choice.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Police said Hinnant collapsed in the drive-through lane, was detained and then taken to a hospital.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
  • And these weddings are starting to seem as artificial as a drive-through Las Vegas chapel.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
  • There is a vast network of enticement — from huge marketing budgets, to family traditions, to just the tastiness of the meals — that pushes diners toward the drive-through.
    Brian Gallagher, New York Times, 12 May 2024

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