How to Use automobile in a Sentence

automobile

noun
  • He drives an expensive automobile.
  • To patch the holes, use a two-part filler made for holes in automobile bodies.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Planes, trains, and automobiles have been joined by trams, taxis, ships, tractors, and more.
    — Keith Langston, Space.com, 31 May 2026
  • And the e-bike and non-e-bike both have to coexist with automobiles in the right of way.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Steel and automobiles stand out.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
  • In some rough ways the humanoid robot field is a bit like that of early automobiles.
    — David Szondy october 09, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
  • So the control of the automobile is about the control of your freedom.
    — Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
  • Break the bomber into sub-assemblies and move them on a line like automobiles.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Planes, trains, automobiles, ferries, the whole thing.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s yet more proof that no one makes bespoke automobiles like Roll-Royce.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In 2025, the need for basic automobiles are at an all-time high.
    — Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That was Ford's first automobile.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The automobile lessened our reliance on the horse.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The automobile has long been Manzoni’s muse.
    — The Editors, Robb Report, 27 June 2026
  • Other snaps featured miniature race cars, a cake shaped like the automobile and race car balloons.
    — Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • These were very large, vintage automobiles.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
  • At the dawn of the automobile age, four teams set out to test the limits of their machines—and of human endurance.
    — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • These automobiles have very few resale options and won't be accepted as trade-ins.
    — Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 10 July 2023
  • State and national standards for automobiles took decades to emerge.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 May 2026
  • Evans is now in jail facing a charge of entering an automobile with intent to commit theft.
    — Ryan Young, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Well, here’s your chance to score one of the greatest (and rarest) Japanese automobiles of all time.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Much of the automobile industry is in a pickle.
    — Jamie Lincoln Kitman, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Into your Ubers and into your buses and trains, planes and automobiles.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • With that many people moving, whether from plane, train, or automobile or whatever.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Between planes, trains, and automobiles, what's your favorite?
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Sometimes, though, a more compelling read comes from observers who put the automobile in the context of daily life.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Wilshire believed that automobiles were the future.
    — Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • In an era when roads were still rough and driving was still novel, electric automobiles seemed civilized.
    — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a century-long history and a great deal of culture built around the automobile.
    — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Outstanding Picassos are hard to come by, and the same is true for great automobiles.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026

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