How to Use rocker panel in a Sentence

rocker panel

noun
  • The new rocker panels tie in with the restyled front and rear bumpers.
    G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Chrome trimmed the rocker panels, the top of the door handles, and the side windows.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 10 Feb. 2018
  • It can be seen on the wheels, rocker panel, roof racks, front grille and bezels around the headlamps.
    Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Chrome surrounds the side windows, and trims the door handles and rocker panels.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 5 May 2018
  • In just one, 24 kilos of meth was hidden in a rocker panel.
    Jeff Pegues, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The rocker panels do double duty to cool the battery pack.
    Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The exhaust lost a hanger and one of the the rocker panels kissed a rock, but after installing a new Yokohama, the Telluride drives like new.
    Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 7 May 2019
  • Check out all the brightwork, the flush-fitting metal trim around the grille, around the window openings, at the rocker panel and bumper fascias.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The frame of the 2,370-pound Microbus was in excellent condition, but had the typical areas of rust, such as the doglegs ahead of the front wheels and the rocker panel.
    Vern Parker, Houston Chronicle, 20 July 2019
  • The car should show damage on the driver’s side, specifically in the headlight area and on the black, plastic rocker panel.
    Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Black body cladding, rocker panel cladding, wheel arch cladding, and roof rails along with a gloss-black rear roof spoiler provide a nice contrast to the body color.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 24 Feb. 2018
  • That chrome band extends top and bottom over the doors and rocker panels into the narrow rear quarter window.
    Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • The rocker panel upsweep remains but the wheel arches have become rounder than before.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 31 May 2022
  • The rocker panels on the doors are more pronounced, and the hexagonal grille extends at its widest point into horizontal LEDs.
    Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 15 May 2017
  • My tester had black, with charcoal around the vehicle on the ground effects front and rear, wheel arches, and rocker panels (with a matte silver strip), a nice contrast against the silver.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 13 Jan. 2018
  • More stripes appear on the rocker panels, with additional matching accents for the two-tone side-view mirrors and the inner edges of the retractable carbon-fiber spoiler.
    Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Further investigation revealed 88 pounds of meth wrapped in 32 packages hidden in the car's gas tank and rocker panels, Thomas said.
    City News Service, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The team also was penalized because the car’s right-side rocker panel extension was not aluminum, as rules require.
    Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The rocker panel and hood are also more aggressive-looking, with sharper creases.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 1 Sep. 2017
  • But a winter of driving washboard roads led to service items above our handyman pay grade: rattling rocker panel, broken door lock, frozen toilet flap.
    Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Even design details that Subaru touts as being new, such as the scalloped black rocker panels meant to evoke the sole of a hiking boot, have roots in the previous generation's design.
    Annie White, Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2020
  • The inspection also discovered that the #4 Ford Fusion had a steel right side rocker panel extension instead of an aluminum one, which is required by a recent rule change.
    Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018

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