How to Use rear-end in a Sentence

rear-end

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  • The victim was rear-ended at a light while waiting to turn.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Police said the tow truck involved in the crash appeared to have rear-end damage.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
  • By Lap 2, having been rear-ended in the Turn 11 hairpin, his day – and season – were done.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Contrary to its name, pork butt—also called Boston butt—is not from the actual rear-end of the pig.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Sanderson said Paltrow rear-ended him on a beginners slope, and didn’t stop to help.
    Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In all the cases, the crashes were caused by other vehicles changing lanes or rear-ending the trucks.
    Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2024
  • But did that huge rear wing really need to be so tall to maximize rear-end downforce?
    Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Hayes was driving behind them and rear-ended the couple’s car, police said.
    Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Then, in another, a Tesla in Autopilot rear-ended a car that changed lanes in front of the Tesla.
    Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Take the officer who took his eyes off the road to dig through a bag before rear-ending another driver at a red light.
    USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The riders’ necks snapped back again and again, something like getting rear-ended on the road a dozen times moments after pulling out of your driveway.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Mandrill monkeys are the largest type of monkey native to Africa and are commonly known for their bright-colored faces and red rear-ends.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2024
  • The front- and rear-end are more chiseled and sporty and the headlights now feature a crisp LED redesign, giving it an overall more determined face.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • After the collision, a driver in a minivan rear-ended the Camry.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The snowmobile also includes year 3000-like front and rear-end lights, plus a windshield that keeps your vision clear on the Black Diamond.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The system also has a hard time preventing rear-end collisions, partly because it isn’t set up to track how long a train is and doesn’t know where the back of a train is.
    Josh Funk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Drive-thrus can also be hot spots for rear-end collisions and t-bone accidents from cars turning left out of driveways.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 24 June 2023
  • Rear-End Crash Percentages Cars equipped with self-driving systems [right], had worse rear-end collision rates than those not so equipped.
    IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
  • One of the cruisers sustained moderate rear-end damage, State Police said.
    Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Each incident led to a rear-end collision and caused minor injuries.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 13 May 2024
  • Riding distance assist goes a step further than adaptive cruise control to prevent you from rear-ending a driver in front of you.
    New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Blakinger went back to Ithaca, N.Y., the literal scene of her crime, for a book event; there, someone accidentally rear-ended her rental car.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • In the Sport mode, the system allows significant rear-end slip before intervention, yet still steps in before a slide turns into a spin.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
  • According to the report, the actor and another male allegedly took off in an SUV after rear-ending a Toyota.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Yet reporting found that all the seats that failed in these types of rear-end collisions met or exceeded the half-century-old federal strength standard.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Yet our reporting found that all the seats that failed in these types of rear-end collisions met or exceeded the half-century-old federal strength standard.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Consider, for instance, how an individual might speak to their boss versus a stranger who just rear-ended their car.
    Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Out of the 23 most serious Waymo crashes, 16 involved a human driver rear-ending a Waymo.
    Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The Malibu/Lost Hills sheriff’s station is investigating an alleged hit-and-run, where Busey is accused of rear-ending a woman’s car.
    Vulture, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Traffic was backed up, police said, possibly because of the first fatal crash, and a 72-year-old River Rouge woman, the driver, rear-ended a vehicle stopped in traffic.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2024
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rear end

2 of 2 noun
  • She stood up and brushed off her rear end.
  • The car's rear end was badly damaged in the accident.
  • The girl said the man’s van may have damage to the rear end.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Taut side lines flow to a fastback slope to one of the best rear ends on the road.
    Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 May 2018
  • Then his hand reached for her rear end and gave it a squeeze.
    Author: Trip Gabriel, Julie Bosman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Now there might be a polite way to clue it in terms of the rear end.
    Liz Maynes-Aminzade, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2023
  • That rig in turn hit the rear end of the tractor trailer in front of it.
    Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 4 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, Gus turned away and scratched his rear end at length on the corner of the shed.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2012
  • Riding on 22-inch wheels and tyres, the rear end of the ID.Aero is drawn in, and all surfaces fit flush to the bodywork.
    Michael Taylor, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • Its rear end, hefty with the weight of the engine, spun the car around nearly 180 degrees.
    Rachel Lance, Wired, 6 Dec. 2020
  • On the plane, the wheel gunners held steady by pushing their rear ends against the cabin wall.
    Wired, 30 Nov. 2019
  • On one of Thayer’s first snaps, the ball shot up right into his rear end.
    Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2019
  • One was shot in the rear end while the other was shot in the arm, according to Baimbridge.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 11 July 2021
  • The latest photo shows the rear end of the Civic Si sedan in a vivid orange color.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Substantial smarts may be in the cells of a worm's rear end, for instance.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The lines are clean, front end imposing enough and the rear end stylish but subtle.
    Kyle Edward, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The rear end is quite refined now and resembles that of the Jeep Compass.
    Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • The brand also released a new teaser photo and a video that both show the car's rear end.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 31 May 2019
  • The clip shows the man walking behind Rivest and pretending to smack her rear end.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
  • In the film, Faye delivers a version of this and slaps her rear end for effect.
    Callahan Tormey, Town & Country, 8 May 2022
  • The design turned heads with its corset see-through bodice and drop-waist skirt, which hung low to reveal Gaga's rear end.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
  • On his way to Los Angeles, Brown blew out the rear end of his truck and had to wait five days for repairs.
    Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Akinjo came down hard on his rear end against Texas Tech, and is still sore from that.
    Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 16 Jan. 2022
  • The rapper was with at least four women who lowered their shorts to show their rear ends.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The rear end has a darker light strip between its LED taillights as well.
    Michael Taylor, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • The Sportback, which will be available only with all-wheel-drive, will have a more sloped rear end.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Her breasts, rear end and genitals were exposed in some of the photos.
    Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The movement zeroes in on the gluteus maximus, which is the muscle that creates the shape of your rear end.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Shoving a beer can up a chicken’s rear end is a summertime rite of passage for serious grillers.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 4 July 2024
  • Parrotfish to the rescue The life of a parrotfish mostly consists of munching on rocks and dead corals, grinding it into sand, and releasing it through their rear ends.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024

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