How to Use rider in a Sentence

rider

noun
  • Congress added a rider to the health insurance bill.
  • Watch out for bike riders while driving.
  • She added a rider to her life insurance policy that increased her coverage.
  • The mothership was so heavy that the back wheels hung down like a low rider.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But traffic caused by car rider lines caused issues citywide.
    Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Both riders and pedestrians have been injured and sometimes killed.
    Jill Filipovic, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • As a result, both the driver and rider were thrown off the ATV.
    Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2023
  • And drivers often haven’t been satisfied with their cut of rider’s payments.
    Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Transit officials said 13 percent of rail riders do not pay fares.
    Justin George, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Uber, on top of raising overall prices when demand is higher, has been accused of charging more to riders when their phone battery is low.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But on Saturday, weaving between the pillars were dozens of riders on horseback.
    Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Harley-Davidson has been found liable in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a trike rider from upstate New York.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
  • As Zuber later explained, such instances can happen to riders as experienced as Steger.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • For example, if workers stay remote and office buildings remain empty, then mass transit suffers from a lack of riders and workers needed for small businesses leave.
    Noah Arroyo, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Now, following rider feedback, the spiritual successor is here.
    New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Some lawmakers pointed to budget riders that would prevent colleges from receiving funding for DEI programs.
    Marcela Rodrigues, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • In Dauphin, where most of the bus riders are from, flags were flown at half-staff.
    Rob Gillies, ajc, 16 June 2023
  • As other panicked riders rush to the other end of the car, the video shifts away from the fight.
    Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Every rider will need to pay for the ride with a Clipper card.
    Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The star has been an avid motorbike rider since a young age.
    Jacob Linden, Redbook, 10 May 2023
  • Ledger features six stories of bikeable ramps that take riders from the ground floor to the roof.
    Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023
  • Then the driverless chairs ride back solo to their hubs to wait for their next riders.
    Adlai Coleman, Miami Herald, 22 June 2024
  • If eight seconds is achieved, both bull and rider are scored.
    Anne M. Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Dec. 2023
  • If the fire-breathing beasts don’t kill her, one of her fellow riders just might.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Both are jump-line trails, meaning riders will be set up to get air on their bikes.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The rider’s hand with a glove and a foot in a racing boot extended out from under the sheet.
    TIME, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The problem is that the bike’s seat can break during use, which can cause the rider to fall and suffer an injury.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
  • Gotta think the riders will still be feeling it tomorrow, though.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Team managers need to speak up and protect their riders.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 9 May 2023
  • After the 19th, riders will also be charged $1 per ride.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2024

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