How to Use at the wheel in a Sentence

at the wheel

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  • William Coddington was at the wheel with his partner, Alicia Ramos, at his side and their two children and his two stepchildren in back.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • The display was free of glare from the bright desert sun throughout my hours at the wheel.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
  • That means polishers get paid less for the same amount of hours at the wheel.
    — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Who was asleep at the wheel of that big yellow taxi, people?
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The people at the wheel [of this country now] don’t have many limits. ...
    — Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2023
  • His lawyer said Gutierrez had fallen asleep at the wheel on his way to work.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Those at the wheel are encouraged to keep safety top of mind when in Bryson City.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2024
  • None of which bothered the person fortunate enough to be at the wheel.
    — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 24 June 2023
  • Yet on his Bitcoin joyride, the merry prankster’s got no more control than a drunk at the wheel.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 12 May 2022
  • In an alarming twist, some thieves are committing the smash-and-grabs while drivers are still at the wheel.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Lauren passed out and woke up in the passenger seat of her car, Biggalo at the wheel.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The pair were driving back to Monaco (with Kelly at the wheel) from their country house in France when their car fell off a cliff on the side of the road.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • That means my wife or I must always be at the wheel, looking out for obstructions.
    — Dan Parsons, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Ornato, who has since retired, could deny Trump lunged at the wheel, sources said.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Despite the moniker, drivers are required to be present and at the wheel of a Tesla vehicle enabled with FSD.
    — William Gavin, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
  • In contrast, the AI natives put little thought or attention toward the fact that a human is not at the wheel.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 June 2022
  • She then was seen re-entering the passenger’s side of her car, which left with Mujica at the wheel.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 3 June 2022
  • Patrick described the events to several Los Angeles television stations and said his wife was at the wheel of the RV and went to use the restroom.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In 1969 her father was at the wheel when their family car crashed, resulting in the death of her mother, her younger sister, and her cousin.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
  • His out-of-nowhere arrival echoed that of Krulak and gave some assurance that someone with a record for business success was at the wheel.
    — al, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Alcohol, along for the ride during Felker’s career, ended up at the wheel.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2023
  • In Sunday's wreck, Kirkwood's car appeared to clip Rosenqvist just at the wheel well, tearing free his left rear tire and launching it into the crowd.
    — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2023
  • In Sunday's wreck, Kirkwood's car appeared to clip Rosenqvist just at the wheel well, tearing free his left rear tire and launching it into the crowd.
    — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2023
  • At 15, his mother and sister were tragically killed in a car crash; his father, at the wheel, had fallen asleep.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2023
  • One hitchhiker spelled Frank at the wheel, and, from the back seat, Frank surreptitiously got his picture.
    — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The machinery of Ukraine’s resistance was already in motion, and Zelensky was not at the wheel.
    — Time, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Garbers will get his turn at the wheel, along with two teammates who will undoubtedly want to steer things in their own direction.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • During a car trip in 1946, his father nodded off at the wheel and crashed into a sidewall, killing Ellsberg’s mother and younger sister.
    — Hillel Italie, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • During a car trip in 1946, his father nodded off at the wheel and crashed into a sidewall, killing Ellsberg’s mother and younger sister.
    — Hillel Italie, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • The company said Monday in a blog post that for the past several weeks Cruise has been mapping and collecting road information in Phoenix with human drivers at the wheel.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024

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