How to Use wheel in a Sentence

wheel

1 of 2 noun
  • The car's rear wheels started to spin on the icy road.
  • When the wheels had a chance to fully hop off the axles.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • As for Lebanon, there was a lot to like in the first half – and then the wheels just fell off.
    Evan Merrill, The Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Beneath our wheels rocks shook and bounced the truck like a toy.
    Elaine Sciolino, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Peer through the fence and squint: The artists on wheels are at work, just doing the damn thing.
    Ian F. Blair, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • And the wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round 🎶 …but not if there's no bus driver.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Trim the edges of the dough with a pizza wheel or knife to create a precise shape.
    Laura Kanya, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Tap the setting's wheel icon in the upper right corner.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Jesmyn Ward gestured with her eyes and a tilt of her face, hands on the wheel.
    Imani Perry, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Mark veins on leaves with a pastry wheel or sharp knife.
    Eugenia W. Bell, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Jonathan Gitlin The sides are cut away from the B pillar to the rear wheels to make the shape more efficient.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 May 2023
  • Martha Stewart manned the helm of a giant wheel barrel of gourds.
    Grace McCarty, SELF, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Samsung The back has a little track for the back wheel, and what looks like a speaker grille.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Chris Buescher slammed into the wall on Turn 1, and his right wheel popped off.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2024
  • In one of the wheels of the stove, 15 roaches congregated.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Washington will run a lot of wheels and plays designed to stretch the speed of the defense.
    Kevin Skiver, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Even so, disaster is never more than a twist of the wheel away.
    Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Rose doesn’t know what a wheel is, and neither does Helen.
    Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The pedaling causes the cumbersome gears to move and the clunky wheels to turn.
    Julia Couzens, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • If the bag feels too heavy, travelers can opt to roll the bag thanks to the two wheels and a retractable handle.
    Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Get behind the wheel early and point the car toward Florence.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The miles blur beneath the wheels, and at every stop, you are photographed, searched and questioned.
    USA Today, 31 May 2023
  • Making a habit out of this lay-flat hamster wheel was the only thing on my mind.
    Erika Veurink, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
  • To work her core muscles, Jennifer likes to do V-ups and use an ab wheel to build strength.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The ball is moved by passing and running, except a run is moving the ball along on wheels.
    Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Porsche brags of a new way of managing deflection steer in the rear wheels.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The birds did not love loud noises and two-legged creatures zooming by on wheels.
    Christine Peterson, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2023
  • All-Pro tight end George Kittle got behind Lloyd on a wheel route.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • An additional support stand will be added to keep both wheels off the floor to prevent wear spots on tires.
    USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Some car buyers will wait additional weeks for sleek new European wheels.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2024
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wheel

2 of 2 verb
  • Our waiter wheeled out a small dessert cart.
  • She wheeled around in her chair when I entered the room.
  • He wheeled his motorcycle into the garage.
  • Doctors wheeled the patient into the operating room.
  • To him, the happiest birds seem the crows that wheel above in the sky.
    Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
  • No matter the size of the order, it’s wheeled out on a cart.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • From there, the money is packed into locked carts and wheeled down the hall.
    Emily Wright, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • It was wheeled outside and dropped off in a nearby stream.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Birds are perched on rocky crags, while others wheel around a tree.
    Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Soon, a smile crept across her face as Tom Weaver opened the door and wheeled himself onto the porch.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • Show up in the Target parking lot and have someone wheel out a cart full of stuff to stick in the back of the car?
    Star Tribune, 12 Sep. 2020
  • But at age 66, the Aurora native can still wheel it around the track.
    Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Seven hours later she was wheeled out with a new chance to live.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Theus tried several times to wheel the patient's bed out of the room.
    Staff Report, NOLA.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Video showed at least one patient wheeled outside in a bed.
    Ahmad Seir and Aleksandar Furtula The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The lungs were deemed good, and my mom was wheeled into the operating room.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Great legs and can wheel with the puck in open ice, but needs more presence and finish around the net for such a hefty paycheck.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022
  • My teacher wheeled the TV out of the room and began our math lesson as if all was fine.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Videos also show a male victim being wheeled out of the venue on a stretcher.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
  • When a windstorm hits, simply wheel the greenhouse into a garage or shed and wait for the storm to pass.
    Rachel Center, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2023
  • One has the urge to simply wheel Joe Biden back to his basement in Delaware and put him down for a good nap.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Sherman swiveled around, turning his back to the camera, and wheeled himself away.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Towards the end of his mother’s life, Gittins would wheel her out of her nursing home and take her to spend the night in his flat.
    Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023
  • If you’re done with all your loads for the day, disconnect the hose from your sink faucet and wheel your washer to its storage spot.
    Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But my Great-Grandfather ignored her and motioned for his wife to wheel next to him.
    Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Rich would then wheel himself back to his car before standing and returning the chair to the trunk, court records add.
    Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2021
  • She was wheeled into the Capitol, looking frail and with one eye nearly closed.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Still, that creepy puppet with the bow tie (Billy, to those in the know) does wheel into view like an old buddy with bad news.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The number of people that come up to me, who talk about the VHS cart being wheeled into the classroom is just amazing.
    Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2023
  • Gordon responds, wheeling the top half of his daughter off the stage.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024

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