How to Use moped in a Sentence

moped

noun
  • And now: a new kind of scooter that looks, frankly, more like a moped.
    Hannah K. Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • My old moped was in there too, filthy dirty, a sorry sight.
    Martin Aitken, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • On Tuesday Apple showed us the new iPhone 13 on a moped.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
  • There will surely be more fishing, rides on his moped and trips to the beach.
    Kyle Stackpole, Howard County Times, 20 June 2018
  • They were told two suspicious men left the area on a moped.
    Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 2 June 2017
  • Police said two men were involved in the attack, and both fled the scene on a moped.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 19 June 2021
  • Already this year, the N.Y.P.D. has seized more than 7,000 mopeds.
    Andrew Silverstein, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Its blue mopeds are still a common sight in New York City.
    Time, 26 July 2023
  • It’s like a moped or scooter in that sense, but also only goes up to 20 mph.
    Rob Verger, Popular Science, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The driver of the moped was transported to a trauma center.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 30 May 2023
  • Yang drove off on a moped, but police found him in the 600 block of West Rawson Avenue and pursued.
    Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Burton, 28, had been called to assist a traffic stop of a man riding a moped.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The suspect is described to be a white woman between her 20s and 30s who was driving a moped.
    Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Cows and feral dogs meander among the mopeds, cars and trucks.
    Cade Metz, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The man, identified as Keith William Hurley, 39, was on a moped at the time, police say.
    Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Flam said the man, identified as Jose Moreno, 30, attempted to flee on his moped during the stop.
    Christopher Roth, azcentral, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Revel rental mopeds will hit the streets in Brooklyn on Monday.
    Lara Korte, WSJ, 29 July 2018
  • Burton was shot once in the head Aug. 10 after being called to assist with a traffic stop of a man riding a moped.
    The Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Authorities said Evans was thrown from the moped in the collision.
    Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019
  • San Francisco startup Scoot, known for its fleet of red electric mopeds, wants to add e-bike rentals in the city.
    Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2018
  • The reason the moped went off the road is still under investigation, the police said.
    Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The exhibition’s largest-scale work is a functional electric moped that will go on view for the first time.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The victim — a man aged in his 50s — was walking in the road when two people riding a moped snatched his bag before riding off.
    Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2017
  • He was pulled over on his moped at 2:29 a.m. for driving without a headlamp and failure to make a complete stop near the U’s campus.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Witnesses told police a silver Mitsubishi Mirage struck the moped and left the scene.
    Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 17 July 2017
  • Two men on a moped tossed a noxious substance into the face of a 32-year-old moped driver and then jumped on his vehicle and drove away.
    Bloomberg.com, 14 July 2017
  • The truck, traveling northbound on Carson Avenue, struck the moped.
    Elissa Maudlin, The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2023
  • Britt had plenty of time this last year to work on the book because she was sidelined after being hit by a car while riding a moped.
    Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2020
  • The man kicked mopeds and scooters parked on the street and then confronted Carson, who stepped between the man and his girlfriend, according to Kenny.
    Mark Morales, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Enlarge John Timmer The arrival of e-bikes has blurred the lines between bicycles, mopeds, and scooters.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Dec. 2023

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