How to Use cruise control in a Sentence

cruise control

noun

• Buehler was in cruise control for the most of the evening.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
• The only way to stop it is to turn off the cruise control.
  — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
• Over the last three weeks, France — and France alone — has seemed to be on cruise control in Qatar.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
• The Warriors raced out to a 17-point halftime lead and went on cruise control the rest of the way.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 28 May 2022
• This could be put on cruise control in the fourth quarter.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
• Federer reeled off the next nine games to take charge and was in cruise control for the rest of the match.
  — Mattias Karen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
• The scenery, the adrenaline, my car snapped out of cruise control.
  — Uwem Akpan, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
• Sometimes the long ride takes a wrong turn, or spends awhile in cruise control.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Keep to the right on highways and set the cruise control at a reasonable speed.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• The two touchdowns put the Irish, up 21-14 at halftime, on cruise control.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
• The Bruins once led 42-18 and appeared on cruise control, and maybe that was the problem.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2022
• After dominating the first half, the Beavers put their game on cruise control the rest of the way.
  — Oregon State Beavers Athletics, OregonLive.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• The Vikings were in such cruise control Cousins threw his final pass of the day with 42 seconds left in the third quarter.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2019
• Bumping the right stalk down twice kicks in Driver+, which did everything the cruise control did and kept the R1T in its lane.
  — Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2021
• Of course, perhaps even smarter is the advanced cruise control.
  — Christian De Looper, BGR, 20 Jan. 2022
• Bailey got a lift from his defense to escape a jam in the first, and then hit cruise control.
  — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• Whether your foot is on the gas or the cruise control is set, shifting into neutral will cause the car to coast to a stop.
  — Ray Magliozzi, courant.com, 8 July 2019
• Don’t let the score fool you, the Buckeyes were on cruise control most of this game, and came out with an easy win against Rutgers.
  — David Petkiewicz, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2020
• The officer set his cruise control at 70 mph and the driver pulled away, court records state.
  — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
• When all the Warriors are healthy, one thing head coach Steve Kerr has to worry about and fight against, is cruise control.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Dec. 2017
• What’s a few more subscriptions to keep your high beams on or use cruise control?
  — Wired, 17 July 2022
• Texas Tech will need to be on their toes early to put themselves in cruise control for the second half.
  — Ryan Mainville, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
• Williams fought off the teenager in the second set and then went into cruise control, dropping just five points in the third.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 29 Aug. 2019
• The miles are 90 percent highway miles on cruise control.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
• The Heat put it on cruise control from there, building the lead to 22 at one point and holding off a late-game push by Cleveland.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2021
• What was a game on cruise control became tense when Tennessee scored three in the bottom of the fifth.
  — oregonlive, 22 May 2022
• The lack of cruise control is also a misstep by Suzuki.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2022
• Lee was in cruise control at that point, and finished with 10 strikeouts, no walks and four hits allowed (none of the runs were earned).
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 5 Mar. 2021
• At the start of the second set Novak Djokovic was still in cruise control against fellow legend and longtime rival Nadal.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
• My pet peeve is the slowpokes particularly those that set their cruise control in the middle lane causing frustrated drivers to pass them on the left and right.
  — Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024