How to Use undercarriage in a Sentence

undercarriage

noun
Definition of undercarriagenext
Synonyms for undercarriagenext
  • That’s the time to wash your car and make sure the undercarriage gets sprayed, says Nuber.
    — Tom Krisher, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • During the attempt to brake the plane, the undercarriage caught fire as the aircraft ran off the end of the runway.
    — Mandi Albright, ajc, 5 June 2018
  • The car’s undercarriage was perched atop a low wall and its back wheel was lifted off the ground.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2021
  • Water droplets can rust the grates, as well as the undercarriage of the grill itself.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Salt on the road can cause erosion in the undercarriage.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Cars would ride so close to the ground that any small shift in weight caused their undercarriages to scrape against the pavement.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The bus’s front end appeared to have torn off, and its undercarriage was ripped away.
    — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 17 May 2018
  • Clean the undercarriage with a sprinkler Don't feel like going to the car wash?
    — NBC News, 4 Jan. 2018
  • The agents then looked in the car’s undercarriage, where 20 packages of meth were hidden.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2022
  • That would allow the tailpipe to hit the car’s undercarriage, or something else near it.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022
  • That’s the sound of beads caught up in the drivetrain of Toler’s truck, slapping the undercarriage as the wheels turn.
    — al, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Blue smoke rose from the tires for a few seconds before flames burst from the undercarriage and engulfed the car.
    — Katie Akin, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The collision between the bus and dump truck caused the school bus to rip apart, tearing off the front end and undercarriage.
    — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 17 May 2018
  • The accident left the school bus on its side, torn from its undercarriage and with its front end sheared off.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 18 May 2018
  • The front end of the bus, which had 38 students and 7 adults on board, appeared to be crushed or ripped off, and it was sheared off from its undercarriage.
    — Nicole Darrah, Fox News, 17 May 2018
  • Many of the heavier pieces of the undercarriage were secured with old leather belts from Goodwill.
    — Chuck Wilcoxen, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2023
  • What to Consider: Their isn't a ton of space in the undercarriage for storage.
    — Chris Abell, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2023
  • What Lies Beneath: A thin and darkened undercarriage with enough give to fold (enabling the walk-and-eat).
    — Arthur Bovino, Bon Appetit, 12 Mar. 2018
  • These rocks don’t seem, in this reporter’s opinion, to lend themselves to the naked undercarriage.
    — oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Police said the man was in the undercarriage of an inbound Kenya Airways flight to Heathrow Airport.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 1 July 2019
  • The undercarriage is firm enough to serve the car well in athletic contexts yet doesn’t beat you up on rough pavement.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • At a certain point, pain from the wound had faded, but my undercarriage felt like it was made of lace, unable to bear the weight straining against it from above.
    — Frances F. Denny, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 July 2018
  • The cat had apparently clung to the undercarriage the entire way.
    — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2017
  • The crash left the bus lying on its side on the guardrail of Interstate 80 in Mount Olive, its undercarriage and front end sheared off and its steering wheel exposed.
    — David Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
  • Turn on the narrow setting to clean your furry pal’s undercarriage with less risk of misting yourself in the face.
    — Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2020
  • The station’s yellow delineator posts were damaged, as well as the undercarriage of the car, for which a winch-out was required from a tow truck to get it off the high curb.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2022
  • With a ground clearance that puts the stick-axle Jeep Gladiator to shame, the R1T coasts safely over small boulders with nary a scrape to the undercarriage.
    — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 29 Sep. 2021
  • To be fair, there was some undercarriage scraping and a few scratches were added to our rig's rocker panels.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 17 June 2021
  • While not uncommon to see sparks fly from the undercarriage, Hamilton seemed to almost be bouncing down the front stretch at times.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Others complained to the city, or contacted the local news, about the damage the asphalt waves wrought on their cars’ suspensions and undercarriages.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023

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