roadster

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Recent Examples of roadster Film fans may remember the 1955 classic movie scene, when Kelly wildly steers her speeding Sunbeam roadster along the route as nervous passenger Grant tries to keep his cool. Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025 But not all Gullwings will get nine-figure prices; a great many, in fact, live in the seven-figure world, or even less for the roadsters. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025 The electric 718 Cayman coupe and Boxster roadster will bring the brand’s EV technology and performance to lighter, more affordable sports cars. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024 For the first time, Ferrari’s hypercar-class machine became available in both coupe and roadster forms, with the LaFerrari Aperta offering open-top motoring via a removable carbon-fiber lid or a canvas cover. Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for roadster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadster
Noun
  • Top sealed, the multi-layer roof keeps the cabin impressively quiet—I’d argue on par with the coupe.
    Michael Harley, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • That car was also a very popular model for moonshiners in the southeastern part of the country as with minor modifications, the coupe could carry up to 130 gallons of moonshine and outrun the revenuers with the hot 85 HP V8 engine.
    David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The cabriolet drives like a Mercedes-Benz always does.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Acceleration from zero to 60 mph now comes in at 2.9 seconds in the coupe and 3.0 seconds flat in the cabriolet.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • Using a lockable slide-out control panel on the side of the trailer, the owner drops the hydraulic legs to decouple the trailer from the tractor cab and lift the trailer wheels into the air.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The cab of the truck looked like the 1940 Ford Coupe, which was designed by Eugene Gregorie, a very stylish car and considered by many as the best-looking car of that era.
    David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Now evidence of trip is found One of the artifacts was a terret ring, which would have been used on Celtic chariots to help guide the horse reins, the organization said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The small asteroid, which is more than 3 miles in diameter, approaches so close to the sun that it was named for the son of the sun-god Helios, who in Greek mythology lost control of his father's chariot and set the Earth ablaze.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Noun
  • Based in Melbourne, Australia, the head coach of Fast 8 Track Club, Hoey said, focused more on layering his program with workouts that would repeat and included more lactate threshold sessions – a concentration which ultimately improved Hoey’s resolve late in races.
    Cory Mull, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The Liverpool head coach was doing his best to remain grounded despite his side’s huge advantage at the top of the table, saying his team had to retain their focus.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025

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“Roadster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadster. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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