How to Use sideswipe in a Sentence

sideswipe

verb

• The taxi sideswiped a parked car.
• The truck sideswiped the minivan and struck the man who had gotten out of his car.
  — Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
• The car crossed the centerline and then sideswiped the motorhome.
  — Steven Dubois, The Seattle Times, 26 Apr. 2017
• The car went onto the right shoulder and sideswiped a 2012 Toyota Prius.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, 30 July 2017
• On his way to hunt desert sheep with me one time, he even got sideswiped by a semi.
  — Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2020
• The dump truck then sideswiped the semi-trailer truck and went into a ditch.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2019
• The truck sideswiped the student, who was knocked off his electric wheelchair.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2019
• The rider told police he was sideswiped by a driver who fled.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• A pickup pulling a trailer was in the oncoming lane, and Hayes sideswiped the trailer.
  — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 24 July 2017
• The driver lost control of the bus, which jumped onto the sidewalk and took flight through a pair of trees, sideswiping them.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• The driver and passenger in the white Mercedes SUV that was sideswiped were not injured.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019
• The man whose car had been sideswiped followed the suspect and saw him, after the crash, get out of his car's passenger side and run.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• The car would not stop and the driver eventually hit a speed of 60 miles per hour, at one point sideswiping a car.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• The pickup then sideswiped the car, and the victim followed the pickup to get a license plate number, police said.
  — Loyd Brumfield, Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2020
• Going about 70 mph in their red Prius, they were hit from behind by an 18-wheeler, which then sideswiped them.
  — Greg Garrison | , al, 23 June 2023
• Out front, there was a child's play kitchen with a sink full of stagnant, reedy water and a white car whose whole front had been sideswiped and deeply dented.
  — Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, GQ, 21 Aug. 2017
• Riding a bike while stationed with the Army in Europe, Cooper was sideswiped by a bus and then struck head-on by a semi-truck.
  — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2017
• Police said Taylor’s car sideswiped the side of the other vehicle, left the road and struck a utility pole.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
• The storm is expected to strengthen some, and could sideswipe the British Virgin Islands.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
• While the crew was able to slow down and avoid a head-on collision, the ship ultimately sideswiped the iceberg, causing the fatal 300-foot tear in the hull.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• The man left his lane and struck a construction barrel before sideswiping a guardrail and leaving the highway, Montes said.
  — Stephen Ruiz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 May 2018
• But the car veered off Olney-Laytonsville Road, went airborne, sideswiped a utility pole and slammed into a tree.
  — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
• Another truck driver, Rex Hollopeter of Salem, was driving in the far right southbound lane and sideswiped Singh’s truck.
  — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2019
• The drivers appeared to sideswipe each other before Buckner was struck by one of the cars.
  — Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2022
• Martin was one of the major figures in the bullying scandal that sideswiped the Dolphins’ 2013 season.
  — Omar Kelly, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Hendrix then passed the vehicle in the bike lane and came within a few feet of sideswiping a bicyclist, who was well within the bike lane, the news release said.
  — Cathy Locke, sacbee, 21 July 2017
• Thursday after she was seen weaving between lanes and sideswiping a guardrail, Lt.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2019
• Suarez first sideswiped a vehicle, which caused it to spin and get hit by another vehicle.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Authorities said Maenza sideswiped a pickup truck and then crashed near the 31st Street North exit.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al.com, 15 July 2019
• Twenty-five times, other drivers rear-ended the Ubers, and eight times other drivers sideswiped them.
  — Ryan Randazzo, azcentral, 6 Nov. 2019

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