Used in a Sentence

vans

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for vans.

Editorial note

He went away and expanded his ice cream van business so he had a fleet of ice cream vans.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

a shoe and apparel company.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of vans gathered in one view.

N

a shoe and apparel company.

N

"Vans" is the debut single by American hip hop group The Pack, released in 2006 as the lead single from their EP Skateboards 2 Scrapers.

N

both a given name and surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for vans.

N

a shoe and apparel company.

N

"Vans" is the debut single by American hip hop group The Pack, released in 2006 as the lead single from their EP Skateboards 2 Scrapers.

N

both a given name and surname.

N

(originally called the Van Doren Rubber Company) an American apparel, accessories, and skateboarding shoes brand, established in Anaheim, California, and owned by VF Corporation.

Example sentences

1

He went away and expanded his ice cream van business so he had a fleet of ice cream vans.

2

There is a stream of liveried delivery vans along my road every day, many more than all couriers combined.

3

He has a few vans on the road, allowed him to pack in his banking job.

4

These vans are the most dangerous cars on long car trips to and from Romania.

5

Should every Google employee be shamed for the illegal wifi capture done by Streetview vans?

6

Most of the people it would effect are cab drivers/drivers-for-hire and delivery trucks/vans.

7

However, I actually spent a month cycling around Romania in 2010 and never saw any crazy vans.

8

I have it, I broadcast to a very limited distance, whatever, I don't really worry about the white vans.

9

Those vans typically drive on the Bucharest-Pitesti-Catiulata-Sibiu-Deva-Arad-Nadlac route, outside of that you won't be seeing them but on that road they're impossible to ignore.

10

I think dollar vans still charge much less than the market rate for a trustworthy taxi.

11

All it takes to block a road are two guys with long VW Sprinter vans and a regular dumpster truck can't maneuver through the hole.

12

Now every car manufacturer has at least one, sometimes a couple mini-vans in their lineup and they all make a bunch of money of them.

Quote examples

1

This was true long before uber: white cars whose driver will only say "do you need a taxi?", and dollar-vans are everywhere.

2

But the rules aren't enforced for "everyman" and are there to help prosecute the big time bootleggers:) (DVD's out the back of vans).

3

Though "it only applies for UberPop", please bear in mind that during these riots, all type of transporters, or even just cars that rioters identified with transports cars (any black vans or black sedan cars) were attacked.

4

The problem I have with lumping Escher with hack painters of cowboys and motorcycles, or airbrushers of vans as "unserious art" is that it ignores his innovations in subject, form, and style and mastery of technique.

Proper noun examples

1

Fluid Configure is being successfully used by The North Face, Reebok, Oakley, and Vans, among many others.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use vans in a sentence?

He went away and expanded his ice cream van business so he had a fleet of ice cream vans.

What does vans mean?

a shoe and apparel company.

What part of speech is vans?

vans is commonly used as N.