How to Use collision in a Sentence

collision

noun
  • The car was destroyed in the collision.
  • The collision caused the train to catch on fire.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The bear was killed in the collision.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • No one was hurt in the collisions.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The car then drives out of frame and sounds of the collision can be heard.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 May 2022
  • Over in the sports court, the line breaks out bumper cars for some healthy head-on collisions.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
  • Video of the collision shows the train jerking from side-to-side.
    — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The collision appears to have sheared off the plane’s nose cone.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2026
  • White says the collision knocked him off his tube and pushed him under the boat.
    — Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2026
  • The collision of these cultures is not new.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • See a new angle of the collision.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
  • It is not yet known if alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • They were not injured in the collision.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Grover was ejected from the bike as a result of the collision.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Most collisions don't happen way up high.
    — NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For at least the second time in one day, a collision alarm sounded.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The infant was thrown from the stroller as a result of the collision.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Some showed a clean miss, and others showed a collision after much more time.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
  • The driver honked and hit the brakes, stopping just in time to avoid a collision.
    — Thomas Lake, CNN, 10 June 2024
  • The airport said that the person was killed in the collision.
    — Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • The collision caused the Spaniard to lose balance and fall down.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Both the pilot and the co-pilot died in the collision.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The driver, a man, had a green light when the collision occurred.
    — The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Why would such a collision create new rings and new moons in the same plane as all of the old rings and moons?
    — Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The impact of the collision caused the bus to overturn and land on its roof in the small pond.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Four pedestrians were killed in collisions last year in the city.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Video from the scene shows a burst of light and sparking when the collision happened.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2026
  • This is because of the heat and shredding force that come with high-speed collisions with the air.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The cause of the collision remains unclear at this time.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The 25-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision.
    — Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 11 Oct. 2025

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