How to Use accident in a Sentence

accident

noun

• The accident happened when her car slid on a patch of ice.
• He was injured in an accident at work.
• Their meeting was an accident.
• Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.
• The emotional toll the accident took on me and everyone who loves me is difficult to describe.
  — Emily Owen, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
• The response does not say what the Jaramillos allegedly may or may not have done to contribute to the accident.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
• What about the drivers—the people on their way to work or the grocery store or to pick the kids up from soccer—who started their days normally and then became killers by accident?
  — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 25 Nov. 2024
• On paper, Angie is there to be with the family in the aftermath of Cooper’s accident.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Nov. 2024
• Crash Detection, enabled by tweaks to the gyroscope, accelerometer, and other tools all working in tandem, stands to serve as a first line of alarm in the event of a major car accident.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 15 Sep. 2022
• Police have not determined whether the person was killed in a slaying or whether a marine animal or a boating accident could have led to a decapitation, Martin said.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
• Of the 86 workers on the bridge at the time of the accident, only 11 survived.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
• The accident took place near the border of Gilbert and Mesa.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
• And while most of the fish died in the accident, a few did end up surviving.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2022
• Biden's sons, Beau and Hunter, who were 4 and 3 at the time, were injured in the accident but survived.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
• An accident may pave the way for your chance to achieve greatness.
  — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 26 July 2024
• At the time of the accident, Renner was at his home on New Year’s Day 2023 when his adult nephew’s truck got stuck in the snow.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
• On the way home from the Crenshaw combine, the tire on the team’s bus blew out, causing an accident.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 13 Feb. 2023
• Pamela Milton, 60, of Huntsville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, police said at the time.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 12 Sep. 2023
• But Newhard hadn’t been caught by accident on that spring day; he’d been buried by choice.
  — Steve Larese, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2022
• Sims stayed with the injured man while Stearn helped guide paramedics to the location of the accident.
  — Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2024
• At first, her mother thought that there had been some kind of car accident on the Silver Bridge.
  — Colin Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
• The South African actress' death was ruled an accident.
  — Chelsea White, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2022
• The launch of the company comes on the heels of a number of deadly accidents on movie and TV sets in recent years.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 24 Nov. 2023
• In the wake of the accident, the US added new safety devices to its weapons and encouraged the Soviets to do the same.
  — WIRED, 24 Oct. 2022
• One spray handles stains and uses enzymes to get rid of any trace of the accident.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 6 Oct. 2022
• Elsewhere, the fury seems aimed at the accident of his own birth in backwater Spain.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• The East Tech Rescue Team was able to stabilize the front of the home following the accident.
  — Megan Sims, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2022
• Eleven years ago in North Dakota, Shawn Strobl had an accident that would change his life.
  — Mckenzie Andersen, oregonlive, 24 July 2023
• After a car accident that wrecked the front of her vehicle, many of us thought that would end her road trip.
  — Ronny Maye, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
• The deadly accident was the second to occur this month.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024