tractor-trailer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
That’s a win for consumers, because the fuel powers the tractor-trailer trucks and other types of transportation infrastructure that move goods to stores.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
But Shearer was seated in the center of the cab, eliminating the right-side blind spot, and he was flanked by screens showing every object around his tractor-trailer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
County Superior Court that the tractor-trailer drivers’ conduct was “grossly negligent” — and that “lax security” by the company allowed the theft to occur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
He pointed to a 2016 Florida crash where a Tesla’s Autopilot system failed to distinguish the side of a white tractor-trailer from the bright sky and didn’t activate the car’s brakes.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
We got into the big, empty tractor-trailer truck and sat down and watched as the dry desert land just rolled away behind us.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
