How to Use take the wheel in a Sentence

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• Stick it to your TV and let someone else take the wheel for a change.
  — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2021
• Rey Mashayekhi will take the wheel of Bull Sheet on Monday.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2021
• So take the wheel and let a few thousand pounds of torque finish the pitch.
  — Gregory Barber, The Atlantic, 28 June 2024
• His wife, Jodi Dietz, had to take the wheel and steer them to safety.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2021
• If the driver doesn’t take the wheel, the vehicle will slow down and stop if needed.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
• The Emperor: You’re being asked to take the wheel now, dear Cancer.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2021
• Elizabeth Banks will take the wheel of the Magic School Bus in a new live-action hybrid movie.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 June 2020
• Little engineers can take the wheel and drive Wilson forward, to the side or even make the train spin in a circle.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2021
• Let your Muse take the wheel and guide your hand — music, drawing, or writing — anything goes at this time.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
• Who is capable enough to take the wheel someday yet restrained enough to ride shotgun in the meantime?
  — Daniel Pink, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
• While undertaking the driving, its researchers had to step in and take the wheel from the Tesla system more than 75 times.
  — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024
• The moment is short-lived, as a nameless set of hi-hats and lifeless 808s take the wheel, and the typical Baby sound washes over.
  — Brandon Yu, Variety, 14 Oct. 2022
• When these cars stop in unexpected places, a human can come take the wheel and drive them, restoring traffic flow.
  — Matt McFarland, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
• If Republicans can’t get Jesus to take the wheel, Trump will suffice.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
• One night, despite not being the band’s usual van driver, Kelly was asked to take the wheel on a long haul from Boston to Milwaukee.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 8 May 2023
• One night, despite not being the band’s usual van driver, Kelly was asked to take the wheel on a long haul from Boston to Milwaukee.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 8 May 2023
• Adding to the auto woes: most repair shop owners are nearing retirement, with not enough young grease monkeys in waiting to take the wheel.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022
• Jimenez offered to take the wheel because driving on the freeway made Demorst feel anxious.
  — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
• But those who like to take the wheel with their audio will appreciate the ability to mess with the equalization profiles or set their own.
  — Dan Roe, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2023
• And several local organizations are poised to take the wheel and drive some change.
  — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
• Before announcing the winner, Kirke had said there might be a delay before the lucky staffer actually got to take the wheel.
  — al, 4 Nov. 2021
• Hall had become increasingly paranoid about driving himself to drug deals and thought Floyd could take the wheel.
  — Washington Post, 9 May 2022
• And in a surgical setting, letting humans take the wheel might be a better idea than letting a robot think for itself.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2019
• Sivley secures each vehicle to his truck, then pulls it past dangerous terrain, until the driver can safely take the wheel.
  — Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2021
• When Dumas was old enough to take the wheel, Belle Isle provided a welcoming landscape for driving lessons early on weekend mornings.
  — Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2024
• Generation Ennui has shifted into second gear, letting Pyrrho take the wheel.
  — Isabel B. Slone, Town & Country, 2 May 2022
• The humans typically take the wheel whenever the self-driving cars encountered pedestrians.
  — Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2016
• Now, Fletcher will take the wheel due to Shankman's scheduling conflicts with production on another Disney sequel, Disenchanted.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 29 June 2022
• As the expressive Moon squares communicative Mercury, anger and stubbornness could dominate every conversation as our arguments take the wheel!
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024