How to Use minivan in a Sentence

minivan

noun
  • The strange scene was enough for Joe to pull over the minivan.
    Henri Hollis, ajc, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The driver of the minivan, a teen boy, was pronounced dead at the scene.
    Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The 41-year-old driver of the minivan remained at the scene.
    Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
  • The minivan driver, Bermudez Griego, died at the scene.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
  • The gunman fired at the couple's minivan, and his wife was shot in the back of the head, Jones said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 July 2023
  • Electric minivans might not be in the U.S. just yet, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world isn't on top of it.
    Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Case in point: The minivan has two new dents in it now, both in the front, both smeared with white paint.
    Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The Titan fits five - about the size of a minivan, without seats.
    David Pogue, CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • The women were on the ground next to a silver Dodge minivan.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • The man then fled in a maroon minivan, the police said.
    New York Times, 13 May 2022
  • The minivan was stopped at a red light when it was struck, Houseman said.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Both at home and while confined in a minivan for 13 hours.
    Brad Moon, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The task was huge: Finding a craft the size of a minivan in an area twice the size of the state of Connecticut and up to 2½ miles deep.
    William Neff, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • The bus driver was not injured and neither was the driver of the minivan.
    Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The scare came just two days after a Bronx thief stole a minivan with a 6-month-old baby in the back.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
  • The same deputy then provided first aid to Flowers while the minivan fled the scene.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • The two appear to grapple on the ground as a minivan drives up and a bystander arrives.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2023
  • By evening, the wind had picked up, whipping against the cracked windshield of the minivan as Nolla drove the priests back to Brownsville.
    Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
  • With the passage of time, minivans with bumper stickers and Hyundai Sonatas eclipsed trusty ole steeds.
    Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The suspect left the scene in a maroon minivan, police said.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 May 2022
  • Four gunshots can then be heard, the video shows, as the minivan crashes into the side of a building.
    Sara Smart, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The staff is sitting in my SUV four deep at 5:45 a.m. and a minivan drives into his driveway.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The city was shaken last year when a minivan slammed into a school bus, killing an 11-year-old boy.
    Patrick Aftoora Orsagos, Julie Carr Smyth, and Elliot Spagat, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Graves then got into the driver’s seat and drove the minivan away northbound on North 84th Street.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Three-row SUVs cut deeply into minivan sales in the past decade.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The gunman, dressed all in black, had fled in a maroon minivan, police said.
    Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
  • Police said the minivan driver died from his injuries at the scene.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 21 May 2024
  • But will their fourth daughter be born in a minivan, or the hospital?
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Bass, who fled in her minivan with a neighbor, said nobody warned her.
    Jack Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Chrysler’s Pacifica was the first minivan with all-wheel drive, and its top-level Pinnacle trim is the bougie-est of the minivan set.
    Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2024

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