How to Use semitrailer in a Sentence

semitrailer

noun
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  • The man slid under the wheels of a semitrailer that was in the lane ahead of the SUV, and he was run over.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The Buick’s long hood slid beneath the belly of the semitrailer.
    — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
  • At the crash scene, Speegle watched as a semitrailer truck came to a stop.
    — Pat Caldwell, idahostatesman, 10 July 2017
  • The driver of the semitrailer truck was treated at the scene by paramedics and released.
    — Megan Jones, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2021
  • Dump trucks over 24 tons and semitrailer trucks over 32 tons were banned.
    — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
  • The semitrailer may have been involved with the horse show taking place in the Cleveland Metroparks.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The press conference comes on the heels of 53 migrants being found dead in the back of a semitrailer.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2022
  • Remnants of a scorched semitrailer truck could be seen behind the gate to the warehouse.
    — Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2019
  • The 44-year-old man driving the semitrailer was not injured.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 23 June 2017
  • The band hitchhiked, riding much of the way with a semitrailer truck driver on speed.
    — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2017
  • One Christmas in the mid-1970s, the family helped unpack a semitrailer truck that had rolled over on the road.
    — Star Tribune, 19 June 2021
  • The company goes through two semitrailer loads of dried corn and one truckload of flour a week.
    — John Sowell, idahostatesman, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Trucks line the roads on either side of the derailment and a semitrailer brought in a backhoe to help begin the cleanup once the fire is out.
    — CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Joleen learned that her husband had been driving east on I-94 when pieces of a brake drum fell off a semitrailer truck.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2018
  • Mohamed was an over-the-road truck driver with his own semitrailer truck, friends said.
    — Randy Furst, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The semitrailer was a logging truck that wasn’t loaded.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2017
  • The driver of the semitrailer was injured and taken to the hospital.
    — Fox News, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The semitrailer truck of products shipped out on Tuesday.
    — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Another semitrailer failed to slow down and hit the slowed truck from behind.
    — Charles J. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Perry found that many of the roads semitrailers would have to travel are rural and not designed for heavy loads.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2018
  • The semitrailer truck had few identifying features and no name on the side.
    — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Police said Griggs' car was stopped when an officer saw him try to pass a semitrailer truck on the right and then make an abrupt stop in the middle of the road.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Last year, a semitrailer rolled into a crowd marching on a closed freeway.
    — Amy Forliti, ajc, 17 June 2021
  • The fiery wreck burned about a half-dozen unoccupied semitrailers, but no one on the ground was injured in the early-morning crash.
    — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The rule applies to a wide range of trucks including box trucks, semitrailers and even large passenger pick-ups.
    — Sophie Austin, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The semitrailer hauling cement dust was hit once in its trailer.
    — Brady McCombs, Fox News, 27 Aug. 2018
  • The injured being treated included the drivers of the semitrailer and the bus, Lasson said.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 15 June 2023
  • In Inver Grove Heights, a semitrailer truck and a van collided on eastbound Hwy.
    — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 14 Apr. 2021
  • New York State Police said the semitrailer sideswiped a vehicle.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The semitrailer truck driver involved in the crash was identified as Daniel Liddicoat, who died at the scene of the crash after being ejected from the semi, the sheriff's office said.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024

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