Drive-in

"Drive-in" in a Sentence (14 examples)

The first time I saw this movie was years ago at a drive-in movie theater.

Have you ever been to a drive-in movie theater?

When was the last time you went to a drive-in movie theater?

Benedito and Melissa went on a date to a drive-in movie theater.

This town still has a drive-in theater.

We're going to see Superman at the drive-in.

drive-in church; drive-in funeral parlor

Owners and sponsors of the drive-ins feel that in three-quarters of their patrons they have tapped a practically prehistoric strain of human—the hitherto non-movie-goer.

This fact may seem surprising since the major movie studios, reluctant to risk cheapening their images by releasing first-run films to drive-ins, made only older movies affordable to drive-in operators.

At the end of June 1997, there were 325 cinema sites and 28 drive-in sites in Australia.

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The teenagers went down to the drive-in to order some hamburgers and fries.

1965 May 7, Don Moser, The nightmare of life with Billy, LIFE, page 101,

Even before franchising genius Ray A. Kroc approached Mac and Dick McDonald to become the licensing agent for their small San Bernardino (Calif.) restaurant, scores of drive-in operators had begun copying McDonald′s speedy burger-fries-and-shake menus. Love contends that Kroc′s success came largely from his commitment to automating the preparation of drive-in meals.

For during the fabled Indiana blizzard of ′78, Tom found himself trapped inside the kitchen of the drive-in for three days before his family, and—more to the point—his customers, could reach him.

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