How to Use fender bender in a Sentence

fender bender

noun
  • Once there, a dispute erupted over who was at fault in the fender bender.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 13 May 2022
  • In short, a car wreck is coming that will make dieselgate look like a fender bender.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Bob gets into a fender bender outside the restaurant, then finds out who might be at fault.
    — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Watch this dog cause a fender bender after jumping behind the wheel.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Since the grand opening, there’s been only one slight fender bender on the boulevard, the city says.
    — Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 5 Sep. 2017
  • He’d been stripped of his driver’s license after the fender bender.
    — Jennifer Miller, Washington Post, 24 May 2021
  • Ruzek heads to a local bar to see if anyone knows the owner, making up a story about a fender bender.
    — Claire Franken, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The incident was a minor fender bender and caused no injuries.
    — Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Major collisions wreak havoc for hours, and any fender bender or flat tire brings backups.
    — Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The storyline has certainly been a reminder of what not to do after a fender bender.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • If someone gets in a fender bender, the whole interstate backs up because people are looking at it.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Al Naddf's death is the second homicide this year for the city's small Iraqi community. Muhammed Rahim, 17, was shot and killed in January following a fender bender.
    — Fox News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Fernando Mateo, a spokesman for the group, said the killing took place during a road rage clash over a fender bender.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Ghaisar had been involved in a fender bender minutes earlier on the parkway and drove away.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 18 June 2019
  • What should a passenger do if their driverless vehicle gets into a fender bender?
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The air bags, which sit about a foot from a driver's chest, have a 50-50 chance of exploding in a fender bender.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The air bags, which sit about a foot from a driver’s chest, have a 50-50 chance of exploding in a fender bender.
    — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2018
  • In most casts, the fatal airbag deployments were triggered by a fender bender from which the victims should have been able to walk away, the release said.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 June 2018
  • Matching the high-wire tempo of the first season’s inciting fender bender, this opening sets up the theme of the season.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That’s going to be an expensive fender bender for the Honda driver.
    — Cicero Estrella, The Mercury News, 4 June 2019
  • Icy roads caused numerous fender benders across the state Saturday as a freezing rain fell most of the day and into the night.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • The couple stopped, thinking this was a routine fender bender, the TBI said in a statement.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Most people think of insurance as covering the small events — a fender bender, prescription drugs and a leaking water heater.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2022
  • Heck, Cranley himself called 911 last year after being involved in a fender bender.
    — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Farther north in Oklahoma City, the storm made a mess of the morning commute, causing fender benders and backups for miles.
    — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Bronx man who was a bystander following a minor fender bender.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
  • Aside from a little fender bender in the school parking lot in the morning, things went smoothly at Pride Academy in Santee.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The camera also boasts a feature called Traffic Stop, which allows consumers to start recording if they're pulled over or involved in a fender bender.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The intersection is a frequent site of fender benders and more serious collisions, as pedestrians headed to the beach have to try to beat fast-travelling cars.
    — Megan O'Matz, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Surveillance footage recovered from the scene showed the Uber driver got into a fender bender with the assailant shortly before the confrontation.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026

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