How to Use rear-end in a Sentence

rear-end

1 of 2 verb
  • The car went off course and crashed into the wall, rear-end first.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • But the older boy was rear-ended by a car while driving a tractor to school.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Police said the tow truck involved in the crash appeared to have rear-end damage.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The teen rear-ended a pickup truck driving westbound.
    — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But did that huge rear wing really need to be so tall to maximize rear-end downforce?
    — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The bus hit that vehicle, and a third vehicle rear-ended the bus.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • Cunningham yelled after the white car sped off, only to rear-end the pickup truck.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Nicholas Chandler was rear-ended while driving an Avis rental car.
    — Christopher Elliot, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
  • The driver of the vehicle that was rear-ended was not injured.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 29 June 2026
  • Hayes was driving behind them and rear-ended the couple’s car, police said.
    — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Soon after, the Mercedes rear-ended the Trax.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Your car was rear-ended last Friday, and your shoulder was thrown into the steering wheel.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Sanderson said Paltrow rear-ended him on a beginners slope, and didn’t stop to help.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Each incident led to a rear-end collision and caused minor injuries.
    — William Gavin, Quartz, 13 May 2024
  • Contrary to its name, pork butt—also called Boston butt—is not from the actual rear-end of the pig.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In all the cases, the crashes were caused by other vehicles changing lanes or rear-ending the trucks.
    — Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Take the officer who took his eyes off the road to dig through a bag before rear-ending another driver at a red light.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, a few hours into the drive, their car was rear-ended by another vehicle.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Drive-thrus can also be hot spots for rear-end collisions and t-bone accidents from cars turning left out of driveways.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 24 June 2023
  • Thexton said his wife was out running errands and was rear-ended in traffic by the 94-year-old driver.
    — Elle Meyers, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a pretty sweet list of new and upgraded parts, from brake components like new master cylinders and shoes to a fresh rear-end.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Troopers believe the crash started with a rear-end collision, which caused the at-fault vehicle to run off the roadway.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The school bus was picking up children when it was rear-ended by a white, blue and orange pickup truck, authorities said.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The riders’ necks snapped back again and again, something like getting rear-ended on the road a dozen times moments after pulling out of your driveway.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Last December, he was sued for allegedly rear-ending a car while driving a Porsche.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
  • Riding distance assist goes a step further than adaptive cruise control to prevent you from rear-ending a driver in front of you.
    — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The accident took place when a large passenger bus rear-ended a truck that was stopped on the road due to a flat tire, per AA.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
  • After the collision, a driver in a minivan rear-ended the Camry.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Immigration officers had rear-ended a man's car.
    — Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 Jan. 2026
  • By Lap 2, having been rear-ended in the Turn 11 hairpin, his day – and season – were done.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2023

rear end

2 of 2 noun
  • She stood up and brushed off her rear end.
  • The car's rear end was badly damaged in the accident.
  • Then his hand reached for her rear end and gave it a squeeze.
    — Author: Trip Gabriel, Julie Bosman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2017
  • This is not a means to a massive rear end.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Some will be glad to see that the rear end does not give in to the coupe style.
    — New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Now there might be a polite way to clue it in terms of the rear end.
    — Liz Maynes-Aminzade, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Taut side lines flow to a fastback slope to one of the best rear ends on the road.
    — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 May 2018
  • That rig in turn hit the rear end of the tractor trailer in front of it.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 4 June 2019
  • The 4 has a low nose and raised rear end for a forward leaning stance.
    — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The 4 has a low nose and raised rear end for a forward leaning stance.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Something earned with brute force, with Oettinger on his rear end.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Substantial smarts may be in the cells of a worm's rear end, for instance.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The lines are clean, front end imposing enough and the rear end stylish but subtle.
    — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • On one of Thayer’s first snaps, the ball shot up right into his rear end.
    — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2019
  • The first surgery patient that day was a little boy with an abscess on his rear end.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • The rapper was with at least four women who lowered their shorts to show their rear ends.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Horses are meant to be on all fours, not stuck on their rear ends in a cement culvert.
    — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2024
  • On the plane, the wheel gunners held steady by pushing their rear ends against the cabin wall.
    — Wired, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Meanwhile, Gus turned away and scratched his rear end at length on the corner of the shed.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2012
  • The Williams is burning itself on its rear end in the pitlane.
    — Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Her breasts, rear end and genitals were exposed in some of the photos.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Just a small part of his rear ends needs to hit inbounds for it to be considered inbounds.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The brand also released a new teaser photo and a video that both show the car's rear end.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 31 May 2019
  • The other damaged van was also photographed at the scene, its rear end crushed.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Half-way down, however, the car stops, its rear end poking above the water.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Skid marks formed on the road surface and smoke and sparks were produced from the rear end of the car, police said.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That outlines Andromeda, the princess, who’s hitched to the rear end of the horse.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Akinjo came down hard on his rear end against Texas Tech, and is still sore from that.
    — Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 16 Jan. 2022
  • The most common crash types were rear ends, broad sides and the hitting of an object, Tait added.
    — Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In the film, Faye delivers a version of this and slaps her rear end for effect.
    — Callahan Tormey, Town & Country, 8 May 2022

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