How to Use semi in a Sentence

semi

noun
  • The crash left the teen pinned under the semi.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The men said the semi had just clipped their mirror off.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • While walking there, he was struck by the semi-truck.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025
  • One man told a dispatcher that a semi was on top of his car.
    — Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The 41-year-old man driving the semi was not hurt.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The semi stopped in the southbound lanes and part of the northbound lanes.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Pigs that were being hauled by the semi could be heard squealing at the scene.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Pieces of the large structure were placed on flat bed semi-trucks and taken away.
    — Carlos Suarez, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The driver of the semi was not injured.
    — Mars King, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This led a Freightliner semi to pull to the right lane and stop.
    — oregonlive, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The driver of the semi wasn’t injured.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026
  • And the responder says, see that semi being held up by the crane?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
  • It was not known Sunday morning what caused the semi to roll over.
    — Tim Jacobi, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • For many years, Hall drove semi-trucks with her husband, John.
    — CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • The other semi's truck was also ripped open, which revealed stacks of tires.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Because the Chiefs had a surplus of picks to make up for the busts and the semi-busts.
    — Sam McDowell March 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
  • DeRosa said ahead of Sunday's semi.
    — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Prayers are offered that the driver of that semi in the next lane sees you and doesn't come over unannounced.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 2 July 2020
  • Each can hold a few a few semi-loads but on a warm April day farmers may empty one in hours.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The driver of the semi was not at the scene when emergency crews arrived.
    — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Police said the impact of the crash caused the semi-trailer to roll off the roadway.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • The entire device can fit into the back of a semi-trailer.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The top six qualified for the semi-finals.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Holmberg fired over the bar and England were through to the semi-finals.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The semi’s trailer was not hauling any cargo.
    — Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The remaining four sides must face off in two single-legged semi-finals to reach that stage.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Massive semi-trucks traverse the roads every day.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Just the semi-finals of the T20 Blast.
    — Sam Dalling, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • For dessert the signature sweet here is a pan dell’Orso semi-freddo.
    — John Mariani, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Deloach was not wearing a seat belt and was partially ejected from the semi.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 5 May 2022

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