How to Use rider in a Sentence

rider

noun
  • Congress added a rider to the health insurance bill.
  • Watch out for bike riders while driving.
  • She added a rider to her life insurance policy that increased her coverage.
  • The names of the fallen are featured on the back of the rider's jerseys.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2022
  • In Dauphin, where most of the bus riders are from, flags were flown at half-staff.
    Rob Gillies, ajc, 16 June 2023
  • As other panicked riders rush to the other end of the car, the video shifts away from the fight.
    Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • As a result, both the driver and rider were thrown off the ATV.
    Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2023
  • So if a, a bull rider comes out and the bull goes around the left five times in a row pretty fast.
    Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The rider, who was wearing a helmet, died at the scene.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • And when the sun sets, bright LED lights in the front and rear keep riders visible and safe.
    New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The mothership was so heavy that the back wheels hung down like a low rider.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Joseph Quintana, the 25-year-old rider, is at once the trigger and the target.
    Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Every rider will need to pay for the ride with a Clipper card.
    Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • When the video begins, the moose is turning to the rider in front, who Bigelow refers to as his brother.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The star has been an avid motorbike rider since a young age.
    Jacob Linden, Redbook, 10 May 2023
  • Brown greeted many of the riders with a massive hug at the bottom.
    Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Caraxes has long proven loyal to his rider, and Vermithor would do the same.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 24 Oct. 2022
  • But nothing about low-rider bikes is about speed, and Vaughn is ok with that.
    Robert Scheer, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Ledger features six stories of bikeable ramps that take riders from the ground floor to the roof.
    Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023
  • Then the driverless chairs ride back solo to their hubs to wait for their next riders.
    Adlai Coleman, Miami Herald, 22 June 2024
  • If eight seconds is achieved, both bull and rider are scored.
    Anne M. Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Dec. 2023
  • If the fire-breathing beasts don’t kill her, one of her fellow riders just might.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Both are jump-line trails, meaning riders will be set up to get air on their bikes.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The rider’s hand with a glove and a foot in a racing boot extended out from under the sheet.
    TIME, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Where to wait: There's some seating, but most riders will be standing in lines around the gates to the platforms.
    Mike Deehan, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Police learned that the white sedan was driven by a Lyft driver, who was called to the scene to pick up a rider.
    cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Powless said the course in the county could be the turning point for the race if a rider or group of riders can break away from the rest of the pack.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The problem is that the bike’s seat can break during use, which can cause the rider to fall and suffer an injury.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
  • Lyft, which is headquartered in the city, said in the complaint that the fees paid by riders to drivers are not part of the company’s revenue and should not be taxed.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Four riders from each team lined up, whispering in their horses’ ears.
    Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024

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