How to Use double-wide in a Sentence

double-wide

noun
  • The double-wide side-fence gate for car storage was wide open.
    — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • And what about the double-wide Jeep that actually drives?
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But most of Warfield’s four-bedroom, double-wide mobile home has been reduced to debris.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Her double-wide trailer is just a few yards from the camper where police say her son stuffed the girl in a cabinet for nearly two days.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Side-by-side strollers are a more traditional format, with two seats assembled on a double-wide stroller frame.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • These double-wide townhomes have already taken over West 11th.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2025
  • Spacious marble baths, with Molton Brown products, have double-wide sinks, a big tub, and a tight-squeeze shower.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Before their double-wide mobile home burned down, Boyles remembers his wife wanting new carpet.
    — Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Choose the single-seat version, or opt for the double-wide papasan for cozy hangouts with friends and family—or extra room to stretch out.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2026
  • The property welcomes guests via a double-wide circular drive with heated pavers and an island with a water feature.
    — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
  • There were double-wide trailers, and dead cars in front yards, and threatening political flags, and posted signs on spooky old trees with shaggy bark.
    — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Double Up on Your Decor A double-wide entryway calls for double the fall decor!
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 12 June 2023
  • Instead of hiding a refridgerator in the corner of the kitchen, Maryan put a low, double-wide fridge below a kitchen island.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This hamper comes in a handful of tasteful hues and five sizes, including a double-wide option with a separator for pre-sorting clothes.
    — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • This functions much the way the regular BassiNest does, but is double-wide to accommodate infant twins.
    — Good Housekeeping, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Some fire crews operate from double-wide mobile homes; one shares space with a restaurant near the Convention Center.
    — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • Firefighters couldn’t immediately tell how many people were inside the double-wide mobile home.
    — Beatrice Dupuy, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2024
  • There’s married mom of six Angela (Alexandra Melrose), who needs a break from the double-wide trailer and her lummox spouse.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
  • As the heat began to break on Main Street, swarms of exhausted families packed up their impulse purchases and their double-wide strollers and called it a day.
    — Justine Harman, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Levine describes the restaurant owner, Bill Crawford, who grew up in eastern Oregon, in a double-wide trailer.
    — Vincent Medina, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
  • This double-wide camp chair is quilted and comfortable, with durable 600D polyester fabric that holds up to weather, spills, and even a slobbery dog (or two) climbing aboard.
    — Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That hit led investigators to a camper behind his mother’s double-wide mobile home in Ballston Spa, New York.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The main floor features a flowing open-concept living room, a gourmet kitchen with a double-wide island ripe for entertaining, and a formal dining room perfect for family gatherings .
    — Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
  • As a temporary fix, the county plans to bring a double-wide mobile home to the site, which is just north of Christmas Circle in the center of town, to give crews better living quarters.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The Incredibles’ innovative design that created a double-wide transport plane with a nose that opened for easier loading has yet to be outdone.
    — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
  • There’s a picture from that day that shows Auerbach, a high school sports star from a solidly middle-class upbringing, sitting in the scrubby yard outside Ford’s double-wide trailer home.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Following what Hochul described as more research and detective work, officials located a double-wide house where the suspect’s mother lived and learned that Ross was staying in the camper behind the residence.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The centerpiece of the home, unsurprisingly, is the vast kitchen that’s outfitted with professional appliances, back-to-back copper sinks in the double-wide island, and a massive pantry for food, tableware, and culinary equipment storage.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Karen Little Thunder, today a mother and grandmother at age 59, lives on the Rosebud Reservation in a white double-wide trailer on land that has been in her family for generations.
    — Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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    — The Editors, Outside, 1 Feb. 2026

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