How to Use cruise control in a Sentence

cruise control

noun

• Standard cruise control allows a vehicle to maintain a set speed.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2018
• Drivers can also push the cruise control stalk, or lightly press the brake pedal to disengage.
  — Jordan Golson, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2018
• Check the cup holders, the chargers, cruise control and, of course, the navigation system.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2017
• When all the Warriors are healthy, one thing head coach Steve Kerr has to worry about and fight against, is cruise control.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Dec. 2017
• Boston’s success with Irving certainly took him out of cruise control.
  — Paul Coro, latimes.com, 16 Dec. 2017
• Among the suggestions: Don't use cruise control, and allow more space for stopping between you and any vehicle in front of you.
  — Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com, 31 Dec. 2017
• The basic system provides cruise control and steering assistance.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
• In the world of hands-free technology, Level 1 is cruise control and Level 5 is a driverless car.
  — Otto Steininger, Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2017
• These latest numbers now cast doubt as to whether the job market has enough gas in the tank left to stay on cruise control until and after the first cut is made (as monetary policy acts with a lag).
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
• But most of the SUVs and minivans on this list also offer smart cruise control and automatic braking.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Feb. 2018
• While our vehicle came with standard cruise control, the new adaptive cruise control is included only on the High Country model.
  — G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 27 Jan. 2018
• Other amenities include privacy glass, a sunroof, rear parking sensors, power-fold door mirrors, cruise control with a speed limiter, and a heated steering wheel.
  — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 14 Jan. 2018
• The system combines advanced cruise control and automatic steering systems but Tesla says the human driver should pay attention to the road at all times.
  — Ryan Beene, Bloomberg.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• Everything else—stereo volume, cruise control, voice assistance, phone controls—is relegated to panels and attached to the steering column.
  — Daniel Bentley, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2018
• Toward the end of the first quarter Indiana went on 20-0 run that effectively sealed the game, as the Pacers were on cruise control the rest of the way.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2018
• Buehler was in cruise control for the most of the evening.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
• The only way to stop it is to turn off the cruise control.
  — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
• Over the last three weeks, France — and France alone — has seemed to be on cruise control in Qatar.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
• The Warriors raced out to a 17-point halftime lead and went on cruise control the rest of the way.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 28 May 2022
• This could be put on cruise control in the fourth quarter.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
• Federer reeled off the next nine games to take charge and was in cruise control for the rest of the match.
  — Mattias Karen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
• The scenery, the adrenaline, my car snapped out of cruise control.
  — Uwem Akpan, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
• Sometimes the long ride takes a wrong turn, or spends awhile in cruise control.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Keep to the right on highways and set the cruise control at a reasonable speed.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• The Bruins once led 42-18 and appeared on cruise control, and maybe that was the problem.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2022
• After dominating the first half, the Beavers put their game on cruise control the rest of the way.
  — Oregon State Beavers Athletics, OregonLive.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• The Vikings were in such cruise control Cousins threw his final pass of the day with 42 seconds left in the third quarter.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2019
• Bumping the right stalk down twice kicks in Driver+, which did everything the cruise control did and kept the R1T in its lane.
  — Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2021
• Of course, perhaps even smarter is the advanced cruise control.
  — Christian De Looper, BGR, 20 Jan. 2022
• Whether your foot is on the gas or the cruise control is set, shifting into neutral will cause the car to coast to a stop.
  — Ray Magliozzi, courant.com, 8 July 2019

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024