How to Use camper in a Sentence

camper

noun
  • Rangers warned campers that leaving food outside might attract bears.
  • A careless camper accidentally started a fire in the woods.
  • At that point, the one-and-a-half-year-old cat jumped from the camper to the roof of the house.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The truck then tipped over the bridge, with the camper blocking both lanes of the bridge.
    — Fox News, 16 Mar. 2021
  • While dance is at the core of the camp, the campers walk away with more than just new moves.
    — Nicolle Majette, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Her 4-year-old son was in the camper, but was unharmed.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Deputies found a deceased male in a window of the camper.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 17 Nov. 2022
  • They've even been known to hit up the Taco Bell drive-thru in their camper on date nights.
    — Maria Carter, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
  • What was the toughest part about your camper-dwelling years?
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The other woman in the camper took McPheeters' gun and put it in her car.
    — Matt McKinney, Star Tribune, 27 July 2020
  • The airy space looks more like the inside of a chic hotel room than a camper.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Our son was in the camper at the time and came out to see his father standing there.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The best slide-in camper or RV in the world is only as good as the ground on which it is parked.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2020
  • That’s when the camper shot the animal at close range, killing it.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
  • At the time, the couple was living in a camper attached to a truck.
    — Madison Bateman, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The campers all had a chance to meet Legion’s players after the game.
    — Joseph Goodman, al, 27 July 2023
  • After things calmed down, Emily lay down on the bed in the camper.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2021
  • At the same time, a decaying corpse turns up in a camper parked in a garage.
    — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The white Eurovan with the pop-up camper was about to get some more milage.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • As for the camper segment, the prescient EDAG team's work goes way back.
    — New Atlas, 12 June 2025
  • With its 7-foot peak height, even the tallest camper will be able to stand up inside.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Each of the campers had their own reasons for wanting to try out stand-up.
    — Jaclyn Lee, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Sly showed up at the studio at all hours of the day and night and slept in a camper parked outside.
    — Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
  • After lunch, campers had free time for board games and crafts.
    — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Some of her students don't have heat at home, or live in campers.
    — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 19 May 2025
  • At the snow dump site, a camper had covered its paths with gravel left from the snowmelt.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
  • Plus, the price tag is tens of thousands less than several of Winnebago's camper vans.
    — New Atlas, 3 July 2026
  • The branch was 25 to 30 feet long, and campers had been underneath it, using it for shade, officials said.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • In Colorado, more than 120 campers and rafters had to be rescued from a fire there.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Some campers made the most of even the worst conditions by making a homemade slip-n-slide.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026

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