How to Use accident in a Sentence

accident

noun

• The accident happened when her car slid on a patch of ice.
• He was injured in an accident at work.
• Their meeting was an accident.
• Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.
• Of the 86 workers on the bridge at the time of the accident, only 11 survived.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
• The accident took place near the border of Gilbert and Mesa.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
• And while most of the fish died in the accident, a few did end up surviving.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2022
• Biden's sons, Beau and Hunter, who were 4 and 3 at the time, were injured in the accident but survived.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
• An accident may pave the way for your chance to achieve greatness.
  — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 26 July 2024
• At the time of the accident, Renner was at his home on New Year’s Day 2023 when his adult nephew’s truck got stuck in the snow.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
• On the way home from the Crenshaw combine, the tire on the team’s bus blew out, causing an accident.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 13 Feb. 2023
• Pamela Milton, 60, of Huntsville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, police said at the time.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 12 Sep. 2023
• But Newhard hadn’t been caught by accident on that spring day; he’d been buried by choice.
  — Steve Larese, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2022
• Sims stayed with the injured man while Stearn helped guide paramedics to the location of the accident.
  — Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2024
• At first, her mother thought that there had been some kind of car accident on the Silver Bridge.
  — Colin Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
• The South African actress' death was ruled an accident.
  — Chelsea White, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2022
• The launch of the company comes on the heels of a number of deadly accidents on movie and TV sets in recent years.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 24 Nov. 2023
• In the wake of the accident, the US added new safety devices to its weapons and encouraged the Soviets to do the same.
  — WIRED, 24 Oct. 2022
• One spray handles stains and uses enzymes to get rid of any trace of the accident.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 6 Oct. 2022
• Elsewhere, the fury seems aimed at the accident of his own birth in backwater Spain.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• The East Tech Rescue Team was able to stabilize the front of the home following the accident.
  — Megan Sims, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2022
• Eleven years ago in North Dakota, Shawn Strobl had an accident that would change his life.
  — Mckenzie Andersen, oregonlive, 24 July 2023
• After a car accident that wrecked the front of her vehicle, many of us thought that would end her road trip.
  — Ronny Maye, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
• The deadly accident was the second to occur this month.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2022
• In August, Heche's cause and manner of death was ruled an accident.
  — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
• Boeing’s stock price and finances have been hammered in the wake of the Jan. 5 Alaska Air accident.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
• Back in a 2005 profile with GQ, Bloom shared that his accident changed his outlook on life.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
• The beloved actor died at 40 years old as a result of injuries sustained from the accident.
  — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• The cause of death was deemed an accident, although the event itself remains under investigation.
  — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
• Meanwhile, investigators have not yet identified the direct cause of the massive fire at Notre Dame in April 2019, though many believe the blaze was ignited by accident.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024