How to Use careen in a Sentence

careen

verb

• The Vibe: Like careening around the track in your go-kart, in the dark.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 June 2023
• The fleeing van then careened off a parked car and smashed through the front of the store.
  — CBS News, 17 Dec. 2019
• In 2007, a fire careened up the canyon in a matter of hours and burned that ridge again.
  — Tessa Love, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019
• He’s been a constant, while at the same time careening around a bit.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
• That was bad news for Kermit the Frog, who careened into a tree and ripped.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• The younger one, who wears a bright red stocking cap, whacks the bear of a guy across his face, sending him careening to the side.
  — Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
• The careening chaos can disguise how hooky the bones of their songs are, but that’s a hardcore trick too.
  — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2023
• The stage faces the church in an acoustic design that aspires to not careen sound off the Murphy's brick walls.
  — David Lindquist, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2020
• The truck careened into a ditch and through a perimeter fence before rolling on its roof, Cheng said.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2020
• Without Jesse’s touch, the show would swiftly fall apart, the curtains close and the crowd quickly careen back to its cars.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
• The school bus careened off the right side of the roadway and overturned, authorities said.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
• The Saturn careened into a traffic-light pole and the engine caught fire.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
• The two cars careened into a group of pedestrians in a crosswalk, Smith said.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2024
• Especially when the driver has a stroke, causing the car to careen out of control, rolling near the edge of a cliff.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
• With Boeing careening from one crisis to the next, now is the ideal time for the company based in Toulouse, France, to soar.
  — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2020
• Billions of years ago something must have kicked it out of orbit and sent it careening here.
  — Alexandra Witze, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2019
• Unfortunately, the launch doesn't go as planned and Will's probe goes careening far off course from the path that would have led it to the San-Ti fleet.
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
• En route we were chased by two motorbikes and careened up and down the alleyways of northern Tehran.
  — The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
• Something that's new for the Browns (5-6), who have ripped off three straight victories to save a season that seemed on the brink of careening out of control.
  — Will Graves, baltimoresun.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• The particles careened and careened, the brainless gobs.
  — Hazlitt, 26 July 2023
• The vote brings an abrupt end to Gonzales’ tumultuous two-year term, in which the department careened from one crisis to the next.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• That collision knocked the Kia into the inside two lanes while the Mercedes careened into the outside lane.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
• The car careened off the Camry and hit a Chevrolet Impala and another Camry.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 20 Feb. 2020
• An excited dog might careen into a small child or an adult who is unsteady on their feet.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2022
• Over the years the pack has been known to careen down sidewalks, clog roadways, drive at break-neck speeds, even intentionally veer the wrong way on roads.
  — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• The Tigers have likely sent themselves careening down, or even out of, Tuesday’s new poll with this showing.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 5 Sep. 2023
• In his book, screens are both a cause and a symptom of a society that is careening off the rails, and nothing less than a reboot will get things back on track.
  — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2024
• Pluhar veered onto a four-inch-high median, careened across bridge lanes, hit a curb and jumped a guard rail, going over the edge and into the Straits of Mackinac.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
• When the train careened off the tracks on the night of Feb. 3, several tank cars filled with hazardous chemicals ruptured, and their contents caught fire.
  — Josh Funk, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
• Each of its eight episodes unfolded like a stage play, as the staff of the Original Beef of Chicagoland careened through the cramped kitchen, confronting their latest crisis.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 19 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024