Examples of parking brake in a Sentence
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And importantly, should that person let go of the stroller, the Easy-Way will automatically lock the wheels – essentially applying a parking brake.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
Remain in the vehicle with your seat belt fastened, engine off, and parking brake set.
—Charles Ventura, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
As Jane lifted her second foot off the ground, there was a click and then a shuttling sound, which must have been the parking brake coming somehow unhitched, maybe because of the weight that her body added to the car.
—Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
Advice for this situation included slowing down and pulling off to the side of the road, turning off all lights including flashers, engaging the parking brake, taking your foot off the break pedal and staying n the vehicle with the seatbelt buckled until the storm passes.
—Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2024
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
Remain in the vehicle with your seat belt fastened, engine off, and parking brake set.
—Charles Ventura, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
As Jane lifted her second foot off the ground, there was a click and then a shuttling sound, which must have been the parking brake coming somehow unhitched, maybe because of the weight that her body added to the car.
—Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
Advice for this situation included slowing down and pulling off to the side of the road, turning off all lights including flashers, engaging the parking brake, taking your foot off the break pedal and staying n the vehicle with the seatbelt buckled until the storm passes.
—Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2024
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“Parking brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20brake. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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