How to Use four-wheel drive in a Sentence

four-wheel drive

noun

• The pickup can shift from rear- to four-wheel drive on the fly.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2022
• But put it in four-wheel drive and the handling is locked down.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
• To the right of that are two shorter gears; the first is to shift the Scout from rear-wheel drive to four-wheel drive.
  — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 June 2019
• Built to be able to leave the road behind, the Scout 80 has four-wheel drive and a high ground clearance.
  — WSJ, 19 Dec. 2021
• In 1987, the wagon would be offered with four-wheel drive.
  — Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2021
• Shaun gave us a four-wheel drive truck and assigned us a driver and a guide.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2018
• The Eagle is not just a Concord with Quadra-Trac four-wheel drive.
  — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 15 Feb. 2023
• To back up the engine, the XT6 buyer can choose front-wheel drive or full-time four-wheel drive.
  — Tony Assenza, Car and Driver, 11 Sep. 2020
• Miller was a ski bum before that required a trust fund and four-wheel drive.
  — Steve Chawkins, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• It's powered by a 6.4-liter V-8 and comes standard with four-wheel drive.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 21 June 2021
• The 4xe is equipped with Dana 44 axles and a two-speed transfer case that enables full-time four-wheel drive.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2021
• Few cars were on the roads and those that were out driving around were either four-wheel drive or snow plows.
  — Erika Butler, The Aegis, 21 Mar. 2018
• Rear-wheel drive is standard with four-wheel drive as a $3050 option.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2021
• Think four-wheel drive, extreme roads, and no gas stations for miles.
  — Megan Barber, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2018
• And, as the saying goes, fortune favors the bold—and those who’ve rented a car with four-wheel drive.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 11 July 2022
• In Salt Lake City, only cars with four-wheel drive and tires with chains are allowed on roads.
  — CBS News, 26 Nov. 2019
• Candice added that Dylan’s truck was in four-wheel drive, but that was a feature of the truck that did not work.
  — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 14 June 2022
• Six trim levels, three engines and rear- or four-wheel drive.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2020
• Four trims are available, in either rear- or four-wheel drive.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2020
• Without the package, it's rated at 32 mpg with rear-wheel drive and 29 mpg with four-wheel drive.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2022
• The Bargersville Fire Department sent a four-wheel drive truck that got stuck.
  — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2018
• Be warned: The road heading to Godafoss can be quite rocky and full of potholes, so equip yourself with four-wheel drive.
  — Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2019
• My Limited would have four-wheel drive, the larger CrewMax cab, and the longer 6.5-foot box.
  — Car and Driver, 2 Dec. 2021
• Scrap the winning design in favor of a bold new approach: four-wheel drive.
  — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• And because this is a Land Cruiser, four-wheel drive comes standard, too.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 June 2021
• In the winter, a four-wheel drive vehicle with snow tires is necessary to reach the springs.
  — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2023
• Most trims are four-wheel drive, but there are a couple of two-wheel drive offerings as well.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2021
• Both vehicles should be in four-wheel drive, with any available diffs locked, and in first gear, if not low range.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 June 2018
• Most of the landscape is accessible only by horse or four-wheel drive in the warmer months, and not at all in the winter.
  — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2021
• Jeeps were first built during World War II with four-wheel drive, to be able to go on terrain where horses could go.
  — A.j. Baime, WSJ, 5 June 2021

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024