How to Use drive-in in a Sentence

drive-in

noun
  • Every kid should go to the drive-in at least once!
    — Parents, 11 June 2026
  • Jim Mora’s drive-bys are more like drive-ins.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Catch a film at the local drive-in movie theater.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Catch a film at the local drive-in movie theater.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Being stranded at the drive-in sounds way more fun.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • This was back when Frisch's was a drive-in with carhop curb service.
    — Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 26 June 2023
  • Go to the Hi-Way drive-in movie theater.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The site for many years was home to a drive-in theater and a weekend swap meet.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a sick, pink, B-movie drive-in glow to much of the picture.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 May 2024
  • The teen idols squired Evert and Navratilova to a drive-in movie.
    — Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • Find the complete list of drive-in theaters and what to know below.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
  • But that was Lionel who loved the drive-in; John doesn’t care.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 31 July 2025
  • This film plays every night at the drive-in theater before the main show.
    — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2024
  • The space also has its own massage room and a drive-in tender dock for toys.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
  • The two share the grief of that loss — and a motorhome on the lot of a drive-in movie theater.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • More sports should do drive-in double features of a classic flick and then a game.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • While prices at the drive-in have risen over the years, most menu items still sit under $10.
    — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 22 July 2023
  • If there isn't a drive-in in your town, look for one nearby or at your vacation spot.
    — Parents, 11 June 2026
  • That whole sequence at the end, the entire drive-in movie theater, that took us three weeks.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
  • But the coolest amenity is the drive-in movie theater that plays flicks in the middle of the desert.
    — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The film passed the $1 million mark after a month of drive-in movie theater buzz.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The cafe is replacing an Olathe drive-in of more than 50 years.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The drive-in has been family run since the very beginning.
    — Abby Price, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There are a few menu items at our favorite Southern drive-in chain that are hard to resist.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Their ‘drive-in’ movie theater with classic cars and great movies is unique, fun, and nostalgic.
    — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
  • Classic burger drive-ins in North Texas can be counted on one hand.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026
  • The beloved burger joint is known for their classic drive-in fare, from burgers to dogs to onion rings to milkshakes.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
  • That spot, which is not a drive-in, has been in business a shorter time — since 1971.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
  • From dine-in to drive-in and drive-thru, here are five restaurants that are their brand's sole survivor in Michigan.
    — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The priest invited the boy to drive-in movies and to spend the night in the rectory, where the priest offered him beer.
    — Ruth Graham, New York Times, 23 May 2023

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