How to Use semi in a Sentence

semi

noun

• This led a Freightliner semi to pull to the right lane and stop.
  — oregonlive, 20 Oct. 2022
• The semi struck Light's Chevrolet Cruze from behind and caused his car to go off the right side of the road.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 21 Feb. 2024
• The five stars of the inner semi-circle are for the following five states that joined the Union.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
• Pieces of the large structure were placed on flat bed semi-trucks and taken away.
  — Carlos Suarez, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
• Prayers are offered that the driver of that semi in the next lane sees you and doesn't come over unannounced.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 2 July 2020
• And the responder says, see that semi being held up by the crane?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
• The Swedes will take on Australia, which was second in Pool B, in the other semi.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2023
• The driver of the semi and eight of the nine people inside the van were pronounced dead at the scene, Hirsch said in an update.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
• The Cadillac struck the rear of the semi at a high rate of speed which caused the driver to suffer fatal injuries.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
• The driver behind the wheel of the semi was required by a state permit to go beneath the bridge rather than around it.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2022
• The van was on its side, and the front of the semi was mangled as the big rig and its load lay in a ditch by the highway, partially on its side.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2024
• The driver of the semi was not hurt, according to troopers.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2022
• The driver of the semi was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the CHP said.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
• In the story, the narrator picks up the baby without any forethought and walks out on the bridge, then waves down a semi.
  — Ted Geltner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
• The crash was between a semi and a car, according to the tweet, and no injuries were reported.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2022
• The semi pulled over and some Good Samaritans stopped to assist to both the driver of the bus and the semi driver, police said.
  — Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• Of the 20 remaining artists who make it to this round, each coach will advance only two artists to the live semi-finals.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
• The semi with Nadal was to be the biggest stage of Kyrgios’s tumultuous career.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 7 July 2022
• Then, a second semi appears in the video and gets stuck on the tracks when the barrier dropped between the semi’s cab and trailer.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2024
• The semi, which was not hauling a trailer at the time of the incident, was unusual in that it wasn’t powered by diesel.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Nikola plans to start production of a battery-electric semi called the Tre next year.
  — David Welch, Bloomberg.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• Winners of each semi will play on Saturday at the Breslin.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2023
• Deloach was not wearing a seat belt and was partially ejected from the semi.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 5 May 2022
• Among his gifts upon retiring from The Republic was a toy semi and a lesson to drive one.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
• By then, nearly 9,000 more people had died the same way Mansfield had, by sliding under a big semi.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
• Dash camera footage shows a semi flying off of US 75 then bursting into flames.
  — Dallas News, 20 Sep. 2022
• The semi struck the rear of the Altima, which caused catastrophic damage, police said.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
• England, who had struggled to beat Haiti, and nearly lost to Nigeria on penalties, seemed to reserve their most ruthless level for the semi.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• With two days off before Friday’s semi, Nadal is two wins away from his 14th French title, a record, and his 22nd major championship, also a record.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 1 June 2022
• On March 24, a semi and trailer crashed in the eastbound I-94 tunnel, unloading a large amount of drywall that blocked the two lanes for an extended period of time.
  — Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024