How to Use all-terrain vehicle in a Sentence

all-terrain vehicle

noun
  • Every time our all-terrain vehicle hits a bump on the trail, a cloud of dust follows.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 1 July 2021
  • With that, a rider came out from a side room on a small electric all-terrain vehicle.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 22 Nov. 2019
  • A couple parks offer off-road trails for dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
  • The people who serve food and drink and sell cars and Sherp all-terrain vehicles have.
    — Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2020
  • The rescue came about a half hour after a man fell through ice on the lake with his all-terrain vehicle.
    — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In the crash that killed Pronoy, the driver was at the helm of an all-terrain vehicle.
    — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022
  • But all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles will be too heavy for what's left of the ice around the area.
    — cleveland.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • As in much of the park, all-terrain vehicles are of no use, because the trails are so rugged and narrow.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Officers used all-terrain vehicles to reach her and then carried her back to land.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 4 July 2023
  • Bates was thrown from an all-terrain vehicle and died of blunt force trauama, Kilpatrick said.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Most can be reached only by plane, boat, all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 16 May 2019
  • In a good all-terrain vehicle, crossing Guinea takes four days; in the rainy season, much longer.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2020
  • The Granberys had kept gasoline, propane and an all-terrain vehicle in the barn, the walls of which were blown out by the blast.
    — Chron, 5 Nov. 2021
  • In 2017, a young couple broke through a hole in the ice with an all-terrain vehicle.
    — Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
  • There are moments of him fishing and riding all-terrain vehicles.
    — Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Search and rescue teams might use such drones to land on boats or all-terrain vehicles in rough environments.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Wojciechowski fired up the crowd by coming out on a four-wheel, all-terrain vehicle.
    — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Welch said the area had been searched previously by drones, all-terrain vehicles, kayak teams and foot patrols.
    — Tom Foreman Jr., Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Residents dump their buckets by foot or all-terrain vehicle in the landfill.
    — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
  • There are dirt bike and all-terrain vehicle trails and snowmobile tracks, along with a labyrinth of hiking and snow-shoeing paths.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Aside from its solar super power, the Thundertruck is designed to be a full-fledged, all-terrain vehicle.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The town council has approved new rules that ban operation of dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles in most of the town.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Martinez had accused him of stealing the all-terrain vehicle, which belonged to her granddaughter.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Ree became close with the teenager after Jamar got in an accident on one of their all-terrain vehicles.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Five days after the storm, Marc toured Kipnuk on the back of an all-terrain vehicle with one of the village’s few holdouts.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Two were extricated from the Jeep by all-terrain vehicle riders who were in the area and came to help, the sheriff’s office said.
    — oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2021
  • In the dead of winter, dozens of all-terrain vehicles and motorbikes converge in the region to test their speed and agility on more than two miles of zigzagging, looping track.
    — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • One boy died, but a second was uninjured, after a rollover in an all-terrain vehicle in Renville County, Minn.
    — Star Tribune Staff, Star Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Sheriff’s deputies remained stationed across the street, to guard the area from the overly curious, while others patrolled the hills on horseback and all-terrain vehicles.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The 45-year-old was hospitalized after being struck by a car while driving his all-terrain vehicle in the Bahamas.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022

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