How to Use collide in a Sentence

collide

verb
  • Two football players collided on the field.
  • By the time the fog had parted, the ships were set to collide.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The Avengers, the Eternals, and the X-Men are set to collide this summer.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 29 June 2022
  • 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
  • In the big picture, a lot of forces will collide at the 8:20 p.m. kickoff.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • After the the cars collided in the intersection, both went off the right side of the roadway and ended up in a ditch.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2024
  • At some point our expressions and thoughts about these two worlds would collide.
    Michael Gale, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • 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
  • Some say it was formed by an asteroid colliding with the Earth.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Oct. 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
  • The car that had been struck then collided with two pedestrians on the sidewalk, a 26-year-old woman and an 8-year-old girl, Ohana said.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The two vehicles collided head-on in the center right lane, killing both drivers.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
  • The new rule doesn’t even fix the real problem, which is players barreling down the field and colliding at top speeds.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The squad car continued to travel and collided with a bus shelter and a fire hydrant.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024

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