How to Use caravan in a Sentence

caravan

1 of 2 noun
  • As the saying goes, the dogs barked and the caravan moved on.
    — John R. Bolton, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • To find out more about the caravan, check out the full story here.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 June 2026
  • The caravan along the road came to be known as the Convoy of Tears.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • As dusk falls, camel caravans fade into dunes, and stars ignite above the oasis palms.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The dial has been turned up even higher inside the caravan.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Camel caravans on the Silk Road once passed through this flat, dusty scrubland.
    — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • Perfect for studio flats, caravans and tiny kitchens.
    — Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The caravan came to the end of the road, at another clearing with more markers.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Perfect for studio flats, campers and caravans.
    — Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The caravan is part of the annual Run for the Wall event.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2026
  • In any event, almost none of the people in the caravan were admitted.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • To read more about the futuristic caravan, check out the full story here.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Father and son would travel around the country in a circus caravan.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2022
  • There will also be a restaurant and a hotel built out of 70-year-old caravans.
    — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2023
  • The last option before tarps and tents is this caravan of rolling homes, filing into safe harbor for the night.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The caravan was met by more than three dozen Dakota people waiting near the entrance to the site.
    — Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Even a wandering horse, after all, still moves the caravan forward.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The caravan made it to the top of a hill near the exit for Woodbridge, Virginia.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Knaus Tabbert worked with partners for two years to bring a vision of the future caravan to life.
    — New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, van der Sloot was briskly escorted to the waiting caravan.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 8 June 2023
  • People can live there in tents, caravans, or prefab structures while buildings go up slowly around them.
    — Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Pricing for the off-road caravan starts at $60,900.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The caravan was halted by police, and Sonko was put under house arrest.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The caravans leak during the rainy season and become ovens during the summer.
    — Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • The song’s still charging, rumbling, but orderly, so that each word in this speeding caravan now has its own bunk.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • There’s no sign of the bathroom, but that’s not unusual for a caravan that’s both compact and lightweight.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But most lived in tents across the countryside, smaller villages, caravans or trading ships.
    — Jeremy Hillpot, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Also visible is a settler attempting to kick in the door of a caravan.
    — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The closure sent caravans of tourists heading south on Highway 1 to safer places further down the coast.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • In case of severe cold, the march will be substituted with a car caravan to King's statue.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Jan. 2026

caravan

2 of 2 verb
  • We caravaned to the campsite.
  • Last week, Kohn joined a car caravan protest with about two dozen of his peers.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Four police squads caravan through and meet the neighbor nearby.
    — Monica Nilsson, Star Tribune, 15 Mar. 2021
  • As the bus turned off the highway onto the A Road, the truck caravan split off.
    — Lauren Smiley, Wired, 8 Oct. 2020
  • By the film's end, the ants caravan the confetti--a very human remain--down into holes in the earth.
    — Pelican Bomb, NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The club meets once a month most months to caravan and show off their cars around town, or for weekend car shows or social gatherings during the week.
    — Kirk Sides, Houston Chronicle, 24 May 2018
  • If the Chiefs win, their postgame bus caravan out of the stadium will get heavy media coverage.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Thursday, when Sensabaugh and others caught up to them in their car caravan and began their walking shift.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Tennessee’s bus caravan to the stadium was engulfed by the crowd.
    — Mike Strange, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The bus-caravan victory lap could become the NFL version of the bat flip.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • In politics the media caravan moves swiftly on, and a vicious battle for the succession is now the big news story.
    — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In politics, the media caravan moves swiftly on, and a vicious battle for the succession is now the big news story.
    — Stephen Castle, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • One man was shot and killed Saturday in Portland where a pro-Trump car caravan clashed with counterprotesters.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2020
  • An hour later, Parker and crew caravan a few blocks east, to the corner of 23rd and Eighth, to take a few pictures on the street.
    — Vogue, 7 Nov. 2021
  • The collection will also be available at Hot Holiday caravan pop-up shops.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 18 July 2022
  • In protest, Chicago teachers and students have recently staged marches and car caravan parades between high schools.
    — Erin Richards, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020
  • One man was fatally in Portland on Saturday night as a pro-Trump car caravan clashed with counterprotesters.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Police tried to keep the truck caravan on the interstate rather than let vehicles exit onto the Morrison Bridge.
    — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The union is organizing a car caravan for Sunday to demand changes to the daily schedule, which is separate from the formal agreement.
    — Emma Talley, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Demonstrators and protestors were then planning to caravan 25 miles north to Murfreesboro for a second rally.
    — Stephanie Ingersoll, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The bus caravan carrying San Diego State turned left Saturday morning.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021
  • In Manhattan’s Chinatown, a bike caravan in a similar vein is planned for the end of September.
    — NBC News, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Every person in the Central Arkansas caravan will wear an N95 mask while on the bus, Teague said.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Maryland's Terps on Tour coaches caravan will kick off tonight at the Baltimore Aquarium.
    — Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2017
  • The next day, the family caravaned to Mendoza’s grandparents’ farm in rural San Vicente.
    — Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 30 May 2018
  • Danielson, 38, a supporter of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer, was gunned down after a pro-Trump car caravan wound through the city.
    — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2021
  • According to Helix officials, the employees will caravan in three trucks, two from Helix and one from Padre Dam.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2019

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