How to Use handlebar in a Sentence

handlebar

noun

• Which moped with the chrome plated handlebars at the back of the yard?
  — Paul Grimstad, The New Yorker, 16 July 2019
• Simply push down on the handlebar to raise the front wheels off the ground.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2023
• The bike has rainbow beads in the spokes and green and black handlebars.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2020
• Hanging on to the handlebars so as not to break a wrist.
  — Angela Ramirez, Alaska Dispatch News, 7 Sep. 2017
• Many ATVs only have a hand brake on the left handlebar for the front brakes, and a foot brake for the rear.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2020
• That caused the bike to stop and Blair was thrown head-first over his handlebars and onto the road.
  — Robert Gundran, azcentral, 15 Mar. 2018
• Has a screen attached to her handlebar at the end of the dolly.
  — Scott King, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• One of the bikes had a string of seaweed wrapped around its handlebars.
  — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2018
• Cut a length of speaker wire to run along the frame of the bike from the handlebars to where the battery pack will sit by the seat.
  — Jonathan Borrow, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2017
• George and Charlotte pose next to them in the sidecar as mom Kate grabs on to one of the handlebars.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 23 Dec. 2019
• Tied to the handlebars with bungee cords is a naked Cabbage Patch doll.
  — Andy Schatschneider, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2018
• One of the bikes has a timer mounted between the handlebars.
  — Dave Melton, Post-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2018
• Citi Bike handlebars and seats and the Starbucks door pull.
  — Sunset Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
• The handlebar is about an inch and a half taller than the Doona, which makes a difference.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 2 Aug. 2023
• Plus, what three-year-old wouldn’t love to scoot around with light-up handlebars and wheels?
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2023
• The handlebars stand about a foot taller and connect to a set of adjustable front forks with a wide ski at the end.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2023
• Type 1 bikes have a seat, a rear ski and a front ski with handlebars for steering.
  — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• Keep both hands on the handlebars and your focus on the traffic ahead.
  — Thomas J. Henry Personal Injury Law, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• The handlebars have a throttle on them, but the bars can’t really be used to steer the craft.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2024
• Loxley police say the man had his dog tied to the handlebars of the four-wheeler.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
• The moose broke my handlebar, my stanchions, and my brake.
  — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2022
• The bikes strike him as very cool, pointing out the handlebars, bell, and color.
  — Nina Cochran, Courant Community, 13 June 2018
• Chi put the closed hand on Jude and showed him how to wrap it around the right handlebar of an orange-and-black scooter.
  — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 22 June 2017
• These include: The wheelie: The rider pulls his front handlebar up and rides on the back wheel.
  — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• There are buttons on the console as well as quick-dials on the handlebars at the front and side of the treadmill.
  — Claudia Fisher, SELF, 11 July 2024
• The days went by in a flurry of impressions, gleaned over the handlebars.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2024
• Pulling back on the handlebars slides the seat back forward and sweeps the leg restraints in place behind your knees.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• But don't let the handlebars fool you; with seats, seatbelts, and a roof, even the bike-phobic like me are quite at home here.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2017
• One cyclist who slid past had a basket of flowers before handlebars.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
• Most new, high-end bikes are compact, lightweight, and hyper-responsive, with carbon-fibre frames, drop handlebars, and disk brakes, some of which are hydraulic.
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024