How to Use fender bender in a Sentence

fender bender

noun

• Since the grand opening, there’s been only one slight fender bender on the boulevard, the city says.
  — Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 5 Sep. 2017
• Once there, a dispute erupted over who was at fault in the fender bender.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 13 May 2022
• Lewis died on May 1 after a fender bender crash between the two in St. Paul.
  — Alex Chhith, Star Tribune, 15 Mar. 2021
• The air bags, which sit about a foot from a driver’s chest, have a 50-50 chance of exploding in a fender bender.
  — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2018
• The air bags, which sit about a foot from a driver's chest, have a 50-50 chance of exploding in a fender bender.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
• In short, a car wreck is coming that will make dieselgate look like a fender bender.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2017
• The couple stopped, thinking this was a routine fender bender, the TBI said in a statement.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 15 Sep. 2020
• Bob gets into a fender bender outside the restaurant, then finds out who might be at fault.
  — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
• He’d been stripped of his driver’s license after the fender bender.
  — Jennifer Miller, Washington Post, 24 May 2021
• Watch this dog cause a fender bender after jumping behind the wheel.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
• Icy roads caused numerous fender benders across the state Saturday as a freezing rain fell most of the day and into the night.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• In most casts, the fatal airbag deployments were triggered by a fender bender from which the victims should have been able to walk away, the release said.
  — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 June 2018
• In one episode, Mr. Shah said that Dr. Jackson was rear-ended, resulting in a fender bender.
  — Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
• The incident was a minor fender bender and caused no injuries.
  — Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
• The storyline has certainly been a reminder of what not to do after a fender bender.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Farther north in Oklahoma City, the storm made a mess of the morning commute, causing fender benders and backups for miles.
  — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2020
• Driving this thing out on the road would be a nightmare, given the fuel tanks for its in-built grill live in the trunk, making the prospect of a fender bender pretty dangerous.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2017
• According to the report, the model’s chauffeured car was involved in a fender bender.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 17 May 2018
• Aside from a little fender bender in the school parking lot in the morning, things went smoothly at Pride Academy in Santee.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
• Words exchanged after a fender bender at a gas station.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2022
• If someone gets in a fender bender, the whole interstate backs up because people are looking at it.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2020
• Ghaisar had been involved in a fender bender minutes earlier on the parkway and drove away.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 18 June 2019
• That’s going to be an expensive fender bender for the Honda driver.
  — Cicero Estrella, The Mercury News, 4 June 2019
• The camera also boasts a feature called Traffic Stop, which allows consumers to start recording if they're pulled over or involved in a fender bender.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Yard derailments are akin to parking lot fender benders.
  — Ian Jefferies, Fortune, 15 June 2023
• Major collisions wreak havoc for hours, and any fender bender or flat tire brings backups.
  — Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
• Heck, Cranley himself called 911 last year after being involved in a fender bender.
  — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• Despite those instructions, 44-year-old Dorothy Bruns was involved in a fender bender on Jan. 20 and left the scene, according to prosecutors.
  — Colleen Long, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
• Most people think of insurance as covering the small events — a fender bender, prescription drugs and a leaking water heater.
  — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2022
• Despite those instructions, Bruns was involved in a fender bender on Jan. 20 and left the scene, according to prosecutors.
  — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 3 May 2018

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