Explore Motored through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like motorized or motorised. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Motored meaning
simple past and past participle of motor
Using Motored
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of motor
- Useful related words include: motorized, motorised, bimotored, trimotored.
- In the example corpus, motored often appears in combinations such as: motored to, he motored.
Context around Motored
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Motored
- In this selection, "motored" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, surfed, city, past and sailed stand out and add context to how "motored" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and i motored on for and as city motored through the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "motored" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with motored
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They sorted me out and I motored on for another while. (11 words)
He ran, he jumped, he surfed, motored, sailed, skied, and glided. (11 words)
He motored past his original £5,000 budget in November 2017, and on it went. (15 words)
Scrum-half Faf de Klerk scooped up the ball and fed Libbok, who motored 80 metres to give South Africa enough of a cushion at 22-9 -- but only just. (30 words)
He motored to another half-century in 52 balls, beating his partner by seven, punishing any opportunity to score behind square and unleashing the occasional furious drive. (27 words)
The speed at which the boat is motored also affects range – a lower speed can make a big difference to the energy required to move a hull. (27 words)
Example sentences (9)
Locally sourced and labeled forklifts — Ferrari 1, Ferrari 6 — motored to and from garages, beeping warnings as they came and went.
Scrum-half Faf de Klerk scooped up the ball and fed Libbok, who motored 80 metres to give South Africa enough of a cushion at 22-9 -- but only just.
He motored to another half-century in 52 balls, beating his partner by seven, punishing any opportunity to score behind square and unleashing the occasional furious drive.
They sorted me out and I motored on for another while.
In places we could only go about 5 mph, while on road stretches we motored up to 35 mph.
He motored past his original £5,000 budget in November 2017, and on it went.
He ran, he jumped, he surfed, motored, sailed, skied, and glided.
That was soon snuffed out as City motored through the gears, rediscovering a press that frightened the life out of Ospina and Calum Chambers.
The speed at which the boat is motored also affects range – a lower speed can make a big difference to the energy required to move a hull.
Common combinations with motored
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- motored to 2×
- he motored 2×