eighteen-wheeler
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In the world of electric vehicles, an eighteen-wheeler is like a swimming pool — and the connections available at today’s highway stops are akin to garden hoses.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
In March, a self-driving eighteen-wheeler spent more than five straight days hauling goods between Dallas and Atlanta.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
“A power line was hanging across the road and an eighteen-wheeler truck ran into it and got hung up in it and the Benton officer got there to help him,” Whittington said.
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2020
“She’s as long as an eighteen-wheeler, with a heart as big as a car—and a tongue that weighs as much as an elephant.”
From The New Yorker ● May 24, 2019
Now that it’s closer to us, I realize that this thing is big—about as big as an eighteen-wheeler.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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