motor truck

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Origin of motor truck

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby motor truck

motor sailer, motor scooter, motorship, motorsports, motor torpedo boat, motor truck, motor unit, motor van, motor vehicle, motor vessel, motor voter law

How to use motor truck in a sentence

Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“When Tanveer realized what was happening, he jumped out of the truck, but the Iranians shot him,” Abdullah says.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Each well requires 1,500—2,000 truck trips over the lifetime of the well.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They can hear the sound of his boat's motor, growing louder as it comes over the horizon.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A fire truck roars down a city street and people cheer its arrival.
The Wildly Peaceful, Human, Almost Boring, Ultimately Great New York City Protests for Eric Garner|Mike Barnicle|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To think,” said the younger Englishwoman to her sister, “of this wee mite travelling about in an open motor!
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
It wur Tom Wurmsee led me; I wuz gwine ter move his truck fur him this arternoon.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
As long as an emergency truck could squeeze through at moderate speed, that was enough.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
Under these conditions, the large motor B collapses and the pull-down P (which is connected with the organ pallet) rises.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
Dis whole job is a pipe, wit' us havin' a Monitor gun to open dat armored truck.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various