How to Use racer in a Sentence

racer

noun
  • He is a stock car racer.
  • His horse will be a great racer.
  • The fat steering wheel feels good, and the short-throw shifter is racer-sharp.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The e-bike still looks like a café racer; just one from the future.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The expert racers faced a gantlet of right turns on the tricky course.
    Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • The fans and other racers often scoffed, but ol' Duff was in on the joke.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The goal was also to equal the lap times of a GT3-class racer on semi-slick tires.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The pop star and the motocross racer have been married for nearly two decades and share two kids.
    Taiwo Balogun, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The main pool, drop slides and mat racers will be available during the party.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
  • In terms of his fit, though, the racer definitely came in first.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 7 July 2023
  • The format allows for racers to do much more than just race.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
  • That’s a problem because the most hard-core racers are tempted to speed up and take their chances.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Inside, the racers took in the two-story course, amid the flashing lights and clangs of a jumbo arcade.
    Vera Carothers, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Wednesday found the racers in Tanacross for drag racing.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
  • Their narrow bodies and thready legs look like racers' shells and oars.
    Lynn Levin, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The racers each pay 3,150 Canadian dollars for entrance and come from all over the world.
    Max Ufberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
  • That’s nowhere close to America’s Cup racers, which can do 50 mph.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • The former barrel racer now walks with a pronounced limp.
    Michael Robinson Chavez, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The final racer was Yoshiki Takahara, a 24-year-old from Japan.
    Nick Baumgartner and Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The following day, West spotted the president at the front of a group of racers in the same vicinity.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The registration fee for the full marathon is $145 and varies, depending on the distance the racer is running.
    Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The British racer is expected to confirm the news soon, perhaps as early as this week.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Over the years he’s been the savior of the surreal Mushroom Kingdom, a kart racer, a tennis player, a golfer, a brawler and more.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Here’s how the downtown event unfolded, from building the course to racers crossing the finish line.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2023
  • One friend told the station that Bragg was a skilled racer who passionately coached young riders at the track.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • What happens if an NHRA racer suffers injuries in a high-speed crash?
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Championship racers will have a chance at a 2024 pool season pass.
    Jshortavon, cleveland, 17 July 2023
  • Mohammad is a real racer with true passion for the sport.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Six Minfigures are ready to help maintain the racer, with spare parts, tools, and even a backup engine.
    Sal Vaglica, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2023
  • But the film, about a young man whose love of the PlayStation video game helps turn him into a real-life racer, has gone over well with audiences.
    Jake Coyle, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023

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