How to Use at the wheel in a Sentence

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• People came to trust him as the steady hand at the wheel of the ship.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
• Howes and Petersen, sleepy and half dazed, took turns at the wheel on the long drive home.
  — Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
• The display was free of glare from the bright desert sun throughout my hours at the wheel.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
• That means polishers get paid less for the same amount of hours at the wheel.
  — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2023
• Who was asleep at the wheel of that big yellow taxi, people?
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
• The people at the wheel [of this country now] don’t have many limits. ...
  — Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2023
• His lawyer said Gutierrez had fallen asleep at the wheel on his way to work.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• Those at the wheel are encouraged to keep safety top of mind when in Bryson City.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2024
• None of which bothered the person fortunate enough to be at the wheel.
  — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 24 June 2023
• Yet on his Bitcoin joyride, the merry prankster’s got no more control than a drunk at the wheel.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 12 May 2022
• His first turn at the wheel quickly results in a Whammy, and the show proceeds as planned.
  — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
• This is where Sato knows there’s going to be plenty of trouble ahead with this guy at the wheel.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
• The network acquired most of those properties in the last decade, with Loewenstein at the wheel.
  — Asli Pelit, Sportico.com, 26 June 2024
• The feature will even remain engaged when a stuffed teddy bear is at the wheel.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
• In an alarming twist, some thieves are committing the smash-and-grabs while drivers are still at the wheel.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• The woman at the wheel and her male passenger, both in their 20s, made a quick decision.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
• Lauren passed out and woke up in the passenger seat of her car, Biggalo at the wheel.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
• The pair were driving back to Monaco (with Kelly at the wheel) from their country house in France when their car fell off a cliff on the side of the road.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
• That means my wife or I must always be at the wheel, looking out for obstructions.
  — Dan Parsons, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
• Our mother was at the wheel, our father sitting by her in the passenger seat.
  — Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
• Everybody some combination of drunk or stoned, hoping the kid at the wheel was more sober than the rest of us.
  — Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
• As a gambler, Baby is always down to test his luck and take another spin at the wheel.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2024
• Tesla still doesn’t produce or sell cars that are safe to use without a human at the wheel, ready to steer or brake at all times.
  — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
• Few studios can boast a track record like A24, and with a veteran scene-stealer like Hugh Grant at the wheel, what could go wrong?
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 25 June 2024
• Ornato, who has since retired, could deny Trump lunged at the wheel, sources said.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2022
• Despite the moniker, drivers are required to be present and at the wheel of a Tesla vehicle enabled with FSD.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
• In contrast, the AI natives put little thought or attention toward the fact that a human is not at the wheel.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 June 2022
• She then was seen re-entering the passenger’s side of her car, which left with Mujica at the wheel.
  — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 3 June 2022
• Black people do not have the benefit of falling asleep at the wheel and trusting our leaders are looking out for us.
  — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• William Coddington was at the wheel with his partner, Alicia Ramos, at his side and their two children and his two stepchildren in back.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024