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/draɪv/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | drive |
| he/she/it | drives |
| present participle | driving |
| past tense | drove |
| past participle | driven |
Usually, my sister drives and I read the map.
You will drive carefully, won't you?
He drove along for several miles before he saw anyone.
He drove his truck into a wall.
Desperation finally drove her to ask for help.
People are being driven to violence by police action.
Supermarkets are driving small shops out of business.
Will you stop that humming, you're driving me mad!
Driven to desperation, he began to steal from his employer.
It's enough to drive you to drink.
This malicious gossip has driven her out of the village.
Thousands of people have been driven from their homes by the fighting.
Swarms of mosquitoes drove us inside the house.
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