How to Use 18-wheeler in a Sentence

18-wheeler

noun
  • Police in Houston, Texas say that a man experiencing a manic episode in the middle of the street is dead after being struck by an 18-wheeler.
    Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 2023-02-19
  • In November, five people, including two children, were killed in Alabama when their car entered the highway going the wrong way and hit an 18-wheeler.
    Steve Leblanc, Hartford Courant, 2023-02-24
  • What is so intriguing about a seven-figure hypercar that literally offers no physical protection from, say, a bird strike or—more likely—stray rocks shot from an 18-wheeler?
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 2023-02-19

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