How to Use sideswipe in a Sentence

sideswipe

1 of 2 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
• The officer pursued the man, who sideswiped two vehicles, including a school bus.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023

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sideswipe

2 of 2 noun

• She took a sideswipe at the senator's voting record.
• Lane-keeping systems lowered rates of single-vehicle, sideswipe and head-on crashes, in which there were injuries, by 21 percent.
  — Joan Lowy, The Seattle Times, 23 Aug. 2017
• Lane-keeping systems lowered rates of single-vehicle, sideswipe and head-on crashes of all severities by 11 percent, and crashes of those types in which there were injuries, by 21 percent, the study found.
  — Joan Lowy, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2017
• Nursick noted that narrowing travel lanes can increase the potential for head-on and crossover or sideswipe crashes.
  — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 2 May 2018
• The reason for the lost business is the high number of sideswipe accidents that occur along Broadway between Benton and New York streets, because parallel parking on both sides of the street is so close to the two lanes of traffic in each direction.
  — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 12 June 2017
• Many of the accidents were attributed to rear-end collisions caused by vehicles stopping in a travel lane and sideswipe accidents caused by vehicles changing lanes, the city said in a news release.
  — Robin Goist, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2019
• The forecast track for Maria hasn’t changed much today, with the storm still expected to remain off shore but sideswipe coastal locations with tropical storm conditions beginning on Tuesday.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2017
• Meanwhile, business groups representing companies ranging from Walmart to Amazon.com are warning U.S. tariffs could raise prices for consumers and sideswipe stock prices.
  — Bloomberg News, OregonLive.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Cars with lane-departure warning systems had 11 percent fewer single-vehicle, sideswipe, and head-on crashes than those without the technology, for example.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
• She took a sideswipe at the senator's voting record.
• Lane-keeping systems lowered rates of single-vehicle, sideswipe and head-on crashes, in which there were injuries, by 21 percent.
  — Joan Lowy, The Seattle Times, 23 Aug. 2017
• Lane-keeping systems lowered rates of single-vehicle, sideswipe and head-on crashes of all severities by 11 percent, and crashes of those types in which there were injuries, by 21 percent, the study found.
  — Joan Lowy, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2017
• Nursick noted that narrowing travel lanes can increase the potential for head-on and crossover or sideswipe crashes.
  — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 2 May 2018
• The reason for the lost business is the high number of sideswipe accidents that occur along Broadway between Benton and New York streets, because parallel parking on both sides of the street is so close to the two lanes of traffic in each direction.
  — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 12 June 2017
• Many of the accidents were attributed to rear-end collisions caused by vehicles stopping in a travel lane and sideswipe accidents caused by vehicles changing lanes, the city said in a news release.
  — Robin Goist, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2019
• The forecast track for Maria hasn’t changed much today, with the storm still expected to remain off shore but sideswipe coastal locations with tropical storm conditions beginning on Tuesday.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2017
• Meanwhile, business groups representing companies ranging from Walmart to Amazon.com are warning U.S. tariffs could raise prices for consumers and sideswipe stock prices.
  — Bloomberg News, OregonLive.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Cars with lane-departure warning systems had 11 percent fewer single-vehicle, sideswipe, and head-on crashes than those without the technology, for example.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019

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