Below you will find example sentences with "drove away". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Drove Away in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: drove
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.2 words

Words in this phrase

drove away

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • drove can mean: A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures. Frequent word
  • away can mean: From a place, hence. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 3 middle, 14 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

after he drove away from the 1× and slowly drove away 1× and then drove away from the 1× as he drove away 1× as he drove away deputies in 1× as i drove away in disbelief 1× before he drove away 1× cemetery and drove away the complaint 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he then got 2× about 10 50pm 1× as a friend 1× borum and the 1× burham forced the 1× cbs announces primetime 1×

Common sentence endings:

and drove away 3× he drove away 2× aggravated the crime 1× family drove away 1× for the fuel 1× from the building 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

vehicle 5× got 5× driver 4× victim 4× car 3× forced 2× cbs 2× hit 2× bicyclist 2× justine 2× woman 2× burham 1×

Related phrases

walked away further away stay away miles away ran away passed away feet away stayed away throw away drove off

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around drove:

drove off 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

dropping off dropped off drop off drop kick drop box drone strikes

Just after it in the phrase index:

drove off drug abuse drug administration drug dealing drug discovery drug enforcement

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

drove off

Same ending:

walked away further away stay away miles away ran away passed away

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "drove away" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 22.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after he drove away from the, and slowly drove away, vehicle, got and driver stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with walked away, further away, stay away and drove off, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with drove away

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

He then got back into his Range Rover and drove away. (11 words)

Soon a crowd got around and the scared family drove away. (11 words)

Investigators took him into custody after he drove away from the building. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

CBS Announces Primetime Lineup For 2019-20 Season – CBS Las VegasDeputies: Mercedes Driver Hit Bicyclist, Gave Victim 'The Finger' As He Drove AwayA driver slammed into a bicyclist and then flipped off his victim as he drove away, deputies in Oregon said. (42 words)

Burham forced the couple into their vehicle and drove them to the North Charleston, South Carolina, area, where he forced them out in a cemetery and drove away, the complaint says. (31 words)

Former employees told me that the verdict drove away reputation-conscious law firms, banks, and corporations, along with international corporate-investigations giants, such as Kroll, that had previously subcontracted to Brero. (31 words)

Question examples

Glancing in the rear view mirror, I am sure that I saw him shaking his head and banging the breathalyser as I drove away in disbelief ‘English? (27 words)

Example sentences (20)

Burham forced the couple into their vehicle and drove them to the North Charleston, South Carolina, area, where he forced them out in a cemetery and drove away, the complaint says.

Police said the victims were walking along the street when three suspects drove up to them and opened fire, and then drove away from the scene.

CBS Announces Primetime Lineup For 2019-20 Season – CBS Las VegasDeputies: Mercedes Driver Hit Bicyclist, Gave Victim 'The Finger' As He Drove AwayA driver slammed into a bicyclist and then flipped off his victim as he drove away, deputies in Oregon said.

About 10.50pm, the SUV was damaged after allegedly ramming another vehicle near Kempsey, and the group moved to the sedan and drove away.

As a friend helped Justine get up, the driver who hit her stopped to ask if she was OK and, when Justine said she was, swiftly drove away.

Borum and the accomplice pulled Victim D out of the vehicle, pushed him to the ground, then got into Victim D’s vehicle and drove away.

CCG said it drove away the Navy gunboat in the shoal located in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Tuesday, according to Chinese mouthpiece Global Times.

Crown prosecutor Richard Smith said the fact the defendant committed the offence to collect a "relatively paltry" drug debt, then "callously" drove away aggravated the crime.

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Former employees told me that the verdict drove away reputation-conscious law firms, banks, and corporations, along with international corporate-investigations giants, such as Kroll, that had previously subcontracted to Brero.

Fortune and the woman got into a rideshare and the vehicle drove away.

Glancing in the rear view mirror, I am sure that I saw him shaking his head and banging the breathalyser as I drove away in disbelief ‘English?

He drove away in a 2002 Honda Accord with the driver’s side headlight out.

He then got back into his Range Rover and drove away.

He then got into his car, waved at the woman and slowly drove away.

He then hopped back into the passenger's seat and the car drove away without anyone paying for the fuel.

He then left the 61-year-old man lying underneath a parked car with life-threatening injuries as he drove away.

He was seen putting on his bullet-resistant vest and mask before he drove away.

His nutmeg was as clean as can be before Khan ran around him with great speed and drove away from him all in one motion.

Investigators took him into custody after he drove away from the building.

Soon a crowd got around and the scared family drove away.

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