Minivans is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Minivans meaning
plural of minivan
Using Minivans
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of minivan
- In the example corpus, minivans often appears in combinations such as: minivans and, and minivans, minivans are.
Context around Minivans
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Minivans
- In this selection, "minivans" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, replaced, drive, trucks, rose and primarily stand out and add context to how "minivans" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and minivans have expansive and away from minivans. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "minivans" sits close to words such as abbe, abeyance and abp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with minivans
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The solution to both issues is a small fleet of minivans. (11 words)
Minivans were born in the 1980s and haven’t changed form since. (12 words)
Television footage showed emaciated children being loaded into minivans and driven away for processing. (14 words)
There’s no cost for using the cars, Waymo’s adapted Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans, and the company is encouraging as much use as possible so that it can see how such vehicles fit best into average life. (38 words)
It was built on top of the Bronco's framework with ample cargo space to rival that of a station wagon, which at the time were considered the equivalents of minivans by the public. (34 words)
About 100 of the company’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans are now driving around Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix, without a human test driver—a move that catapulted Waymo ahead of its competitors. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers says sales of SUVs, sedans and minivans rose to 11.3 million in January-June.
They're most common on vehicles like passenger cars and minivans primarily driven on pavement.
This high-ranking minivan was once again praised for its collision-avoidance measures and, you know, because minivans are the superior mode of transport.
It was built on top of the Bronco's framework with ample cargo space to rival that of a station wagon, which at the time were considered the equivalents of minivans by the public.
There aren't currently any vans available from Nissan – no minivans, no cargo vans, and nothing in the commercial size-range for hauling passengers – but at one point they had all three.
I like minivans as much as the next guy, but, while that trade might be a gain in practicality, either of those would certainly be a step down in the fun factor.
That's because big family vehicles are booming; they're best-sellers on dealer lots because they've effectively replaced minivans as standard-issue hardware for life in suburbia.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has three reports of fires and one injury in minivans from the 2014 model year.
The redesigned 2021 Toyota Sienna hybrid squares off against the 2021 Chrysler Pacifica in a battle of all-wheel-drive minivans with excellent fuel economy and incomparable interior room.
With minivans, it's all about what's on the inside, and the Pacifica has always had one of our favorite cabins.
About 70 percent of these extra costs would fall on owners of pickup trucks, minivans and SUVs.
And, minivans have expansive sliding doors that makes getting into them, even the third row, a snap.
In addition to aggressive cost-cutting measures, Iacocca boosted Chrysler finances with strong sales of the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager minivans.
Television footage showed emaciated children being loaded into minivans and driven away for processing.
The 2020 Dodge Durango is a big, powerful, crossover SUV that muscles minivans out of the way.
The solution to both issues is a small fleet of minivans.
About 100 of the company’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans are now driving around Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix, without a human test driver—a move that catapulted Waymo ahead of its competitors.
Fifteen years ago, automakers were scrambling to offer SUVs and crossovers with three rows of seats as shoppers began to flock away from minivans.
Minivans were born in the 1980s and haven’t changed form since.
There’s no cost for using the cars, Waymo’s adapted Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans, and the company is encouraging as much use as possible so that it can see how such vehicles fit best into average life.
Common combinations with minivans
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- minivans and 4×
- and minivans 3×
- minivans are 2×
- of minivans 2×
- minivans as 2×
- minivans have 2×
- hybrid minivans 2×