How to Use collision in a Sentence
collision
noun- The car was destroyed in the collision.
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The impact of the collision caused the bus to overturn and land on its roof in the small pond.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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Haraguchi screams as the shark's head slides along the side of the kayak and closer to him during the collision.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 15 May 2023
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The driver fled the scene of the collision, Culver said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2023
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Grover was ejected from the bike as a result of the collision.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
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The driver honked and hit the brakes, stopping just in time to avoid a collision.
—Thomas Lake, CNN, 10 June 2024
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The van was full with 14 passengers plus the driver at the time of the collision.
—Kaitlyn Hart, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2024
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The force of a collision could be reduced about 20% if both players wear the caps, per the league.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
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Sunday was a collision between the past and the present.
—Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2023
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The collisions occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m. about a third of the way across the bridge in the eastbound lanes.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
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The driver, a man, had a green light when the collision occurred.
—The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2022
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Since the Olympic collision, both the Dehli and Oceana have been wrecked, and now comes the disaster to the Titanic.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
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The collision happened in the 2800 block of Rigsby Ave.
—Michelle Del Rey, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2022
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The collision happened near Cave Creek and Bell roads at about 7:15 p.m.
—Andrea Morabito, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2023
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The collision happened just east of Oak Grove Road about 6:25 a.m.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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After the collision, the Nissan spun out of control, veered off the road to the right, rolled over, and caught on fire, the statement said.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
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The collision caused the Humvee to go off the road and flip into the nearby tree line, according to police.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2024
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After the collision, the quarterback was then helped off the field.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
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Frequently the tension is born from the collision of East and West.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
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Police have not said why the child was behind the wheel of a golf cart or if there were any adults around at the time of the deadly collision.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 July 2023
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The person died as a result of injuries caused by the collision.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
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The 24-year-old was killed in a head-on collision at the rural town of Cholame, about 19 miles east of Paso Robles.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
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Both sides of Interstate 95 were closed due to the collision.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2023
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The others were treated and released, 11 at hospitals, and two at the scene of the collision.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2023
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The 46-year-old rapper sustained neck injuries in the collision, sources told TMZ.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Dec. 2023
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The front tires leave the pavement and a cacophony of sand and rock collisions begins to echo through the cabin.
—Karl Brauer, Robb Report, 17 May 2023
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About 6 percent of the time, these collisions will create molybdenum-99, says Piefer.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
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Then the enormity of the collision hit him almost as hard as the vehicle that put him there.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
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There has not been a mid-air collision of a similar nature since as far back as 1978.
—Michael B. Teiger, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2025
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The collision of the two events has set members of the civil rights community on edge, in part because of Trump’s history of inflammatory comments.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
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