How to Use microbus in a Sentence

microbus

noun
  • This rover, about the size of two microbuses, can fit two passengers and gear comfortably, four in a pinch.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2019
  • The questions ran the gamut: Will Tesla create an electric microbus?
    Kirsten Korosec, The Verge, 5 June 2018
  • A small five-door minivan will debut at Tokyo, what many believe will be the spiritual heir to the old microbus.
    Marty Jerome, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2007
  • It’s part of a new lineup of electric cars under the ID sub-brand, including the forthcoming revival of the VW microbus.
    Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The electric, all-wheel-drive microbus has ample travel space inside, with an electric driving range of up to 270 miles.
    Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 21 Aug. 2017
  • As a gesture of their own thanksgiving, the two teenagers decided to clean up and used a Volkswagen microbus to haul the Brocks’ leftover trash to the local dump.
    Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2018
  • Elsewhere in Afghanistan, a roadside bomb struck a microbus in eastern the eastern Ghazni province on Monday, killing six people.
    Washington Post, 11 June 2018
  • Part of the microbus genius lies in its cab-over configuration.
    Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Probably a lot more than can be squeezed into its microbus proportions.
    Jeremy White, Wired, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The most popular option is a microbus tour of the Capitol Park Museum, but the haunted adventure and swamp tours are equally as engaging.
    Kelsey Ogletree, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Buzz, an electric iteration of its iconic hippie-era microbus, on March 9.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Volkswagen is officially bringing back the microbus, a hippie favorite first released in the 1950s.
    Michael McGough, sacbee, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The county's ambulance authority said in a statement the accident took place Wednesday when two microbuses crashed on a highway in the southern suburb of Helwan.
    Fox News, 12 June 2019
  • Its blunt-ended silhouette is reminiscent of a classic VW microbus.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Volkswagen last year showed off an all-electric update of its classic microbus and announced plans for new mobility services like driverless ride-sharing.
    NBC News, 7 Jan. 2018

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