How to Use dump truck in a Sentence

dump truck

noun
  • Please back them all up to my home via dump truck.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And so the gallery had a dump truck bring a fresh load of stones.
    — Ron Dungan, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2016
  • One of them swallowed a dump truck.
    — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In it, a man meets a pig who wants to ride in his dump truck.
    — Georgia Garvey, chicagotribune.com, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Of course there was also a dump truck on it.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The car plowed into the back of the dump truck.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Two of the dead were on the train, and one was in the dump truck.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • Crews used a crane to move the dump truck bed away from the overpass.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2022
  • As many as eight train cars derailed when the train struck the dump truck.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • Both dump trucks were fully loaded at the time of the crash.
    — Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The driver of the dump truck was not hurt, police said.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • What a shame for your sister to go through life a verbal dump truck.
    — cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
  • The driver of the dump truck was not hurt and remained at the scene.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • But he was built like a freaking dump truck, and was about as graceful.
    — Alexander Darwin, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Agents have found migrants in the backs of dump trucks and buried in sawdust.
    — Nicholas Kulish, New York Times, 9 July 2018
  • For that reason, Loos does sell a pink dump truck and a pink tool set.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Debris from cities and villages is brought here in dump trucks at all hours of the day.
    — Nicole Tung, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But for now the only way to earn was with the junk shop and Luz’s dump truck.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The driver of the dump truck remained at the scene and was not injured.
    — Elise Takahama, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • The bridge was struck and brought down by a dump truck that was being used for a nearby project.
    — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The dump truck pivots to its side, asphalt begins to pour out.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • One orange dump truck moved through the city to collect the remains.
    — Todd Pitman, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018
  • The driver of the dump truck was not injured, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
  • The crash involved a car and a dump truck, the sheriff's office said.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The dump truck then sideswiped the semi-trailer truck and went into a ditch.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The tire marks from dump trucks hadn’t yet been blown away by the incessant gales of the high desert.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • There were maybe 75 people on a pretty big dump truck, all crammed in.
    — Lea Lane, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The truck is a ride-on two passenger dump truck, with a working dump bed on the back.
    — Cory Stieg, Good Housekeeping, 21 Nov. 2016
  • Officers arrived on the scene and found a dump truck had struck a tree on the south side of the road.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Spires said the new dump trucks will replace ones that are 20 years old or nearly that age.
    — Karen Caffarini, Post-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2018

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