How to Use big wheel in a Sentence

big wheel

noun

• He's a big wheel in local politics.
• Dave Boy screaming his big wheel down the giant hill on 102nd Street.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• Now the big wheel is seen as everything from a morale booster to a city draw.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2021
• By January 2023, the big wheels were turnin’ to get proud Mary’s burnin’ — again — in Dallas.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 1 June 2022
• The lease also calls for a bigger wheel to be built on the location within a year.
  — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Sajak will not be its hub forever, but the whole point of the big wheel is to spin and spin and spin while staying in place.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 13 June 2023
• By entering codes, players will earn entries for the drawings for the chance to appear on TV and spin the big wheel.
  — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2019
• The other five were taken off the mountain by a rescue helicopter or a big wheel basket.
  — CBS News, 24 June 2022
• Rick used the big wheel gun to battle the undead and mean-ass southerners alike—all while faking a pretty good southern accent of his own.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 3 Feb. 2020
• In a visual medium such as film or television, the writer is often viewed as an invisible spoke in a very big wheel.
  — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
• The woman was assisted onto a big wheel vehicle and lowered down the trail uninjured.
  — Jeremy Yurow, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2022
• The deal also obliges the operator to provide 500 free tickets a month to at-risk families, an arrangement that will continue as long as the big wheel keeps on turning.
  — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2021
• Phoenix firefighters used the department's Firebird helicopter and a big wheel basket to rescue five of the hikers, while the remaining three were able to walk back down the trail with some assistance, spokesperson Capt.
  — Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2022
• Pizza Carrello usually orders one big wheel of Parmesan at a time but recently bought five.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2019
• When other options included joining a tech giant as a small cog in a big wheel, or starting from scratch within an unproven startup, the middle ground was attractive.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• The ride is firm but satisfying, and the structure attenuates even the biggest wheel impacts without much protest and without the basketball-bouncing sound that a C43 sends into the cabin whenever the road turns ugly.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 25 Feb. 2020
• According to Phoenix Fire Department, the woman was treated with advanced life support measures, loaded onto a big wheel and taken to an awaiting ambulance.
  — Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022
• Park purists were against it but the extension won approval after a campaign highlighting the big wheel as economic recovery engine that could draw tourists and help Richmond District merchants survive the pandemic’s financial hit.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2021
• Unusually busy grocery store workers might prefer simple packages with a barcode instead of big wheels or other presentations that require more work, Parker said.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 14 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024