How to Use collide in a Sentence

collide

verb

• Two football players collided on the field.
• In the big picture, a lot of forces will collide at the 8:20 p.m. kickoff.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2022
• Heaven and hell collide in this horror adventure rife with demons and drama.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022
• Conservationists fear the birds inevitably would collide with the rotating blades of the turbines and be killed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• Periodically, those young stars discharge jets that collide with the pillars’ dust and gas, creating wavy bow shocks similar to those made by a ship moving through water.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
• The fiery tips that look like lava, NASA said, are jets of material shot out by young stars that collide with the pillars and create wavy patterns and a red glow.
  — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022
• By having post-production in-house, editors are able to collide and exchange the energy of ideas – like when atoms and their waveforms overlap in close proximity — in a comfortable setting.
  — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2022
• That would seem like a pretty safe miss distance, but there’s always a chance that some other piece of free-flying space debris could collide with an NEA, changing its course and sending it our way.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 23 Sep. 2022
• After hitting the bus, the vehicle then veered onto a nearby sidewalk — colliding with an elderly female bicyclist, Fantom said.
  — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
• By the time the fog had parted, the ships were set to collide.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
• The man driving the boat could not avoid the crash, leading the boat and jet ski to collide.
  — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
• Their paths will soon collide on an island off the coast of Maine.
  — New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• And that’s when those worlds can collide in a very bad manner.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2022
• As a result, the front of the sedan collided with the left side of the tractor trailer, FHP said.
  — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
• Laine and the Hyundai driver collided in the eastbound lanes.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
• The truck traveled off the roadway, causing the right side of the vehicle to collide with a tree.
  — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2024
• The chase ended near 82nd and Burleigh streets, police said, where the truck collided with a squad car.
  — Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024
• The pole the driver collided with was owned by Salt River Project.
  — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024
• The 26-year-old overturned and collided with a traffic sign and was pronounced dead at the scene, FHP said.
  — Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
• The gentle sound of this wind chime comes from the glass colliding whenever there is a strong breeze.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2024
• Betts made an over-the-shoulder catch to end the inning but collided with — and flipped over — Heyward, the right fielder.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• The defenders collided and fell to the ground, while Wallace was the only one left standing with the football in the end zone.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024
• The fence post collided with the front end of the vehicle, causing the vehicle to flip and land on its roof, the report said.
  — Lena Miano, arkansasonline.com, 14 July 2024
• The force of the crash caused her father Andy's seat to collapse backward, colliding with Taylor who was strapped in her car seat.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
• Badie added that the bridge was built in the 1970s, when the size and load of weight of the vessels crossing beneath the bridge were much smaller than the vessel that collided with the bridge today.
  — NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
• The Tesla collided with a power pole and sent power lines down into the street after the crash.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
• As Noah and Elena's worlds collide via the autobots, they're roped into a mission to get the key and bring all the cars back to their home world Cybertron.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2023
• The two collided in a giant impact that brought both to a violent end.
  — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
• Researchers said the design of the clothes also show how cultures were colliding in the historic city.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
• Unseasonably cold air dove southward from the Arctic and collided with warm, moisture-rich air flowing north-northeast off the record-warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
  — Ivana Saric, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024