hairpin

Example Sentences

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“Very funny. I thought I might have lost a hairpin.”

From Literature

Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Besides, there are two of us and one of him, Penelope,” she added, tugging a hairpin from her bun.

From Literature

Seeing the hairpin turns up close revealed why the Grand Prix is one of the world’s most adrenaline-pumping races.

From The Wall Street Journal

Abu Dhabi also has some long corners - especially the hairpin on to the first long straight and the long Turn Nine at the end of the second main straight.

From BBC