How to Use accident-prone in a Sentence

accident-prone

adjective
  • This could be an accident-prone day for you.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This is a mildly accident-prone day.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Pet owners should be aware that this is an accident-prone day for their pets, so do be vigilant.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This is also a mildly accident-prone day, so be careful.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Pet owners should be vigilant because this is an accident-prone day for your pet.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Parents should be vigilant because this is an accident-prone day for your kids.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Parents should be vigilant today because this is an accident-prone day for your kids.
    — Georgia Nichols, Dallas Morning News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Parents should be extra vigilant because this is an accident-prone day for your kids.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, parents must be vigilant because this is an accident-prone day for your kids.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Nevertheless, this is a mildly accident-prone day, so be careful.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, pay attention to everything, because this is an accident-prone day.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Nevertheless, parents should be vigilant because this is also a mildly accident-prone day for your kids.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • The second most accident-prone discipline of 2024?
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
  • This is a accident-prone day, perhaps because unexpected events will catch some people off guard, creating distractions that are hard to deal with.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Privately, however, something going on behind the scenes could promote accident-prone behavior.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The suit also highlights the troubled safety record of Boeing’s MD-11 aircraft, calling it one of the most accident-prone commercial planes still in service.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Disney Moana Heihei Build Fans of Moana and the sequel will love this poseable Disney Lego build of Heihei, the accident-prone rooster.
    — Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Basil, of course, is far from perfect, a rude, neurotic, accident-prone manager who insults guests, hides his gambling winnings from his wife and organizes an elaborate impersonation of her when his surprise anniversary party backfires.
    — Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • City documents describe the intersection as accident-prone and prone to congestion, particularly during athletic events at Lake Forest High School’s West Campus, including football games.
    — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The village also hopes for $6 million to improve safety at the accident-prone 94th Street and 159th Street intersection, $1 million to complete traffic signal optimization at 159th Street and LaGrange Road and to complete a traffic study of 159th Street from Will-Cook Road to Harlem Avenue.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026

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