eighteen-wheeler

Example Sentences

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If his second trip to Climate Pledge Arena is as showstopping as his 2022 concert, when he converted an eighteen-wheeler into a stage, it’s likely to be one of the biggest parties of the year.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

If the body was sacrificed on the last run, a new one is downloaded from the top floor of the team’s eighteen-wheeler workshop.

From New York Times • May 17, 2020

“A power line was hanging across the road and an eighteen-wheeler truck ran into it and got hung up in it and the Benton officer got there to help him,” Whittington said.

From Fox News • Jan. 11, 2020

“She’s as long as an eighteen-wheeler, with a heart as big as a car—and a tongue that weighs as much as an elephant.”

From The New Yorker • May 24, 2019

Every time the brakes hissed on an eighteen-wheeler, it reminded me of Echidna’s reptilian voice.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan