How to Use electric scooter in a Sentence

electric scooter

noun
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  • An electric scooter rider slammed into two pedestrians crossing the street near , police said Monday.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
  • But Thelma, embarrassed and angry, is not taking it and sets off across L.A. on an electric scooter to track down the scammer and get her cash back.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 June 2024
  • Check out our picks for the best bikes, electric scooters for adults, and e-bikes.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 22 Mar. 2023
  • There are no cars, no bikes and no electric scooters on the island.
    — Johanna Lemola Saara Mansikkamaki, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • His girlfriend told him not to buy the electric scooter.
    — Winnie Hu, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • This may be one of my favorite electric scooters on the market that’s priced at less than $500.
    — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • This was a man on an electric scooter, rolling down a crowded Seattle street in the early evening, strapped with a gun.
    — USA Today, 26 June 2023
  • The 79-year-old was blind in one eye, partially blind in the other and used a walker or an electric scooter to get around.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
  • His first step onto an electric scooter results in chicken wings (and his butt) on the ground.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • And electric scooters have left many with head injuries and fractures.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Electric trams are running again in Kyiv, and electric scooters dot the sidewalks.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • And new research warns against dangers of electric scooters and desk magnets for kids.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The bench-type rear seat can be folded upward to store bulky items such as electric scooters and bicycles.
    — Jeremy White, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2024
  • By the end of the day, her belongings — an electric scooter, a plush unicorn backpack, the plaid blanket — were piled high on a street corner two blocks away.
    — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2023
  • Shared electric scooters are getting booted off the stock market, but don’t rule out a comeback.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Muffin takes on a grouchy-granny persona and gets into a price war over an electric scooter at the garage sale Bluey and Bingo’s neighbor is holding.
    — Vanessa Armstrong, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024
  • This electric scooter looks great, too, fitting in easily next to electric bikes in the office parking lot.
    — Zoë Hannah, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
  • Adult-sized electric scooters are simply too large to be safely handled by children.
    — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2023
  • Flames from an electric scooter swept through a home in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Jan. 6.
    — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Like many electric scooters, this was super easy to assemble.
    — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The last electric scooter company, Bird, left San Diego earlier this month.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Longmore sometimes rode an electric scooter around the neighborhood or drove really slowly up and down the dead-end streets.
    — Katy Brumback and Jeff Amy, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2023
  • The city of Mesa, in Arizona, will get $12 million for a variety of chargers for EVs and smaller vehicles, like electric scooters.
    — Aarian Marshall matt Simon, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The lightweight electric scooter stands out for its elegant design, too.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Brian Bower said a man had been driving an electric scooter south on 7th Avenue but failed to stop at a red light and was hit by a driver turning from eastbound I-10.
    — Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Hiking trails are rugged and would be difficult to navigate with a wheelchair or electric scooter.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Joining the rush hour traffic Thursday morning was someone riding an electric scooter along the shoulder near Oak Creek.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2023
  • On that fateful Thursday morning, Brasher noticed a man in a hoodie and ski mask riding an electric scooter.
    — John Salvatore, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The smart mount has a silicone strap that wraps around any handlebar (electric scooters included) and locks itself into place.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
  • In one scene, Squibb hijacks an electric scooter and has a vehicular showdown in a retirement home with Ben, played by the late Richard Roundtree in his final screen performance.
    — Variety, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2024

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