'V way prep/adv' - Construction 8

Name: the vehicle thunders its way somewhere construction
Description: An entity moves somewhere making a noise as it does so.
Verbs: buzz, chug, clang, clank, clunk, crackle, crunch, grind, growl, rattle, roar, rustle, scrape, scrunch, splutter, tap, thump, thunder, wheeze, whirr, whisper, whizz
Example: And there, roaring its way up the track…was a motor car. (BNC)
Membership: literal movement; sound
Semantic fields and roles:
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