How to Use chicane in a Sentence

chicane

noun
  • The best test of the car's agility was through the Up Hill chicane.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Drop in a couple of chicanes and Homestead’s road course was ready to go.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
  • But there are high-speed areas with tight chicanes that are very challenging.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • Throughout the race, drivers had trouble with the chicane in the back-to-back fifth and sixth turns.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2021
  • But all 25 drivers got through the chicane without issue to open the race.
    — Mitchell Forde, oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Actual look-at-me styling, deft handling, no longer a moving chicane.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Verstappen cut the chicane to keep the lead and was told soon after to give the position.
    — Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Pick your struggles in traffic and avoid the perception of being a rolling chicane.
    — Joe Michaud, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 June 2017
  • There are good acceleration zones out of the chicanes.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • On Sunday, drivers were having trouble with the chicane in the back-to-back fifth and sixth turns.
    — Michael Marot, ajc, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Damaged front splitters and high-speed spins were prevalent due to the close racing in the turns 5-6 chicane.
    — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Another chicane new for this race awaits coming out of Turn 4 before drivers head back to the start of the course.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Track workers, who had been tending to the chicane throughout the race, eventually removed it and towed it away as fans cheered.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The Italian driver locked up and went wide, having to go through the chicane and file behind Russell.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 24 May 2026
  • Creating a speed-shedding chicane isn't as simple as just sticking out some cones on what's usually the speedway's skid pad.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Just six laps from home, on Lap 47, Senna made his move and dived down the inside of Prost through the chicane.
    — Sarah Holt, CNN, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Meanwhile, the turn 14-15 chicane has an uphill approach, with a crest in the middle, and then drops down on exit.
    — Bill Springer, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • As the pair battled for the lead, Verstappen cut across a chicane which the race stewards deemed had given him an unfair advantage.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The two then raced fiercely through the troublesome chicane and onto Hulman Boulevard.
    — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The twists and turns around the circuit are marked with chicanes on the backstretch and frontstretch to slow the cars, and potentially increase passing on the oval portion of the track.
    — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2019
  • But, way in the back of the field, Jake Hughes didn’t make it through the perilous Turn 10 and 11 chicane.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The twists and turns around the circuit are marked with chicanes on the backstretch and frontstretch to slow the cars, and, potentially increase passing on the oval portion of the track.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Like its Polestar 2 and 3 siblings, the 4 has so much spunk and poise and whipping it around local chicanes can be a highlight of any weekend.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Tragedy triggers change Safety concerns remained prevalent at Imola even with the chicane additions over the years.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Drivers were rolling through the chicane area across rumble strips, in effect shortening the distance and generally maintaining high speeds.
    — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 10 July 2018
  • Monza is one of the oldest tracks still used today and demands precise timing of every input, especially when racing the layout with chicanes.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The Roval uses twists and turns around the circuit marked with chicanes on the backstretch and frontstretch to slow the cars, and, potentially increase passing on the oval portion of the track.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
  • Norris kept out of the wall and made it into the pits for intermediates, but Piastri got stuck in the grass at the final chicane and tumbled out of the points as a result.
    — Luke Smith, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar hit the barriers after misjudging a chicane.
    — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 May 2026
  • Not to mention Piastri’s overtake on Norris last year at Monza into the second chicane.
    — Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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