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.
  • There's a lot of accidents out here as well.
    — Logan Hall, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Figueroa died at the scene of the accident.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • An accident just about five, six miles from here.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
  • His first thought was that one of the builders had had an accident.
    — Josh Ireland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Who else died in the car accident?
    — Stephanie Kaloi, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The idea, like many good ones, arose by accident.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • Her death has been ruled an accident.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Kids don’t learn it from just accident.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • As if by accident, her claws scratch the eggs flies have laid there.
    — María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The boy's death was ruled an accident.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Bianchi was killed in the accident.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • His death was ruled an accident.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Woods has never been the same as a golfer since that accident.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The lack of sleep can also lead to more car accidents.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Big Ocean did not emerge by accident.
    — Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • An accident may pave the way for your chance to achieve greatness.
    — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 26 July 2024
  • Three months ago, my husband was killed in a car accident.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This is more than just a little car accident.
    — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Road accidents are the leading cause of death among young men.
    — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Male climbers got in a lot more accidents than female climbers.
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In twenty-five years, no space tourist has died in an accident.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Small accidents, although no fault of your own, may cause this.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2026
  • This isn’t a race where favorites and long shots earn those tags by accident.
    — Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • No one writes a good sentence by accident.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Like, how does that happen as an accident?
    — Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The manner of death was ruled an accident.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026

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