How to Use license plate in a Sentence

license plate

noun
  • One of the divers swam down to check the license plate.
    — Amanda Jackson, Cnn Video By Demetrius Pipkin, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022
  • The problem was the license plate came back to a Chrysler 200.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 2 June 2021
  • The license plate is designed to bring awareness to the plight of the Great Salt Lake and ways to save it.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • Police traced the truck’s license plate number to the Berea man.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Both the front license plate and city emblem had been taped over.
    — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2022
  • Officers were able to track down Jerich through the license plate in the video.
    — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The camera will then take a picture of the license plate, and the state will mail a ticket to the home of the plate’s owner.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • At about the same time, a witness called in with three digits from the truck's license plate.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The license plate had been removed and the truck was parked at an empty home with a chain and lock around the front door.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Schurr tells him the license plate doesn’t match the vehicle.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Surveillance video caught images of the car — and its license plate — used in the heists.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Mead said a check of the license plate showed the car was registered to Sherman.
    — Author: Bob Condotta, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2021
  • The Washington Post used footage of the license plate from Fox 5 to link the vehicle to the tickets.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Nazario was pulled over for not having a rear license plate.
    — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 3 June 2021
  • Outside, brake scoops replace the fog lights in front, and the rear license plate moves up from the bumper to the trunklid.
    — Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Fans of the World Games will soon be able to have their own distinctive license plate.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 28 Apr. 2022
  • By the time the two officers reached Nazario’s SUV, the license plate was visible in the rear.
    — Ben Finley, ajc, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The video concluded a view of my license plate, so I’d be assured the car was mine.
    — Allen Adamson, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • The Ring Doorbell captured the entire chain of events and his license plate.
    — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The only marker on a plot of fresh soil in the grass was a license plate that had been removed from the van’s rear bumper.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • There is no license plate on the car, but there is a Pittsburgh Penguins plate frame.
    — Sarah Portney, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Police said the license plate was not registered to the car.
    — Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The windows were darkly tinted and the car had no license plate.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The car's license plate was also pinged on a radar near Dallas, Texas.
    — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The woman was able to provide a description of the car and its license plate tags.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The car had what appears to be a Washington state license plate on the rear, but no front plate.
    — oregonlive, 20 May 2021
  • Nearby, the remnants of a red taillight sat askew near the sidewalk while a license plate lay in the street.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The people who saw the crash gave a description of the truck to deputies, as well as the license plate number, the report states.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
  • This is because many large pickup trucks are used to haul trailers, which block the back license plate.
    — Eleanor Nash july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
  • The suspect was pulled over after the state trooper's license plate reader showed an alert.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025

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