How to Use "Drive" with Example Sentences

drive (n): a journey in a car; the way a car moves; strong desire; an organized event; part of the computer that stores data

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Used with adjectives:

"It was an easy drive."
(easy)

"They took a long drive."
(long, short, scenic)

"The car salesman will take you on a test drive."
(test)

"This car has all-wheel drive."
(all-wheel, four-wheel, front-wheel, rear-wheel)

"She has the competitive drive to succeed."
(competitive, basic, inner, personal)

"He has lost his sex drive."
(sex, sexual)

"The fundraising drive was televised."
(fundraising, pledge)

"The community organized a membership drive."
(membership, recruitment, voter-registration)

"Our church is having a blood drive."
(blood, clothing, food)

"Check the CD-ROM drive."
(CD-ROM, disk, flash, floppy, hard, zip, external, removable, built-in, internal)

Used with verbs:

"Let's go for a drive."
(go for, take)

"He has the competitive drive to win."
(has, lacks)

"The community center will organize a food drive."
(organize, launch, host)

"You will need to format the hard drive."
(format, reformat, install)

Used with prepositions:

"The store is within a short drive."
(within)

drive (v): to operate a vehicle

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Used with adverbs:

"He drives fast."
(fast, recklessly)

"She quickly drove us home."
(quickly)

"He drives carefully through the neighborhood."
(carefully, slowly, safely)

"She got mad and drove away."
(away, off, back, on)

Used with prepositions:

"They will drive home from Canada."
(from)

"We are driving to California."
(to)