How to Use semitruck in a Sentence

semitruck

noun
  • The largest of its shelters was big enough to fit a semitruck.
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The crash led to the semitruck going off the side of the west side of the bridge.
    — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2024
  • So were the semitruck and the vehicles in back.
    — Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There were just so many cars and semitrucks with so much momentum behind them.
    — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • The semitruck and trailer overturned onto their right side and struck the man.
    — Cathy Locke, sacbee, 12 Feb. 2018
  • The semitruck then veered off the road and came to stop in a private driveway off the highway.
    — Mallika Kallingal, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • While on the way, police said they were told that one driver had crashed into a semitruck.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • When that is full, Daniel will drive the short distance in the Bays semitruck to the huller.
    — Mike Sager, Esquire, 25 Feb. 2015
  • Franco opens his film not on these two, but on a semitruck in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere.
    — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That's enough cookies to fill a semitruck each day, as Tulliani-Zen likes to say.
    — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2022
  • Still, anecdotes abound of the insects latching onto cars, trains, and semitrucks.
    — Byhannah Richter, science.org, 9 July 2024
  • The pileup included two dozen semitrucks.
    — Cassidey Kavathas, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Police did not say whether the driver of the semitruck broke any laws during the incident.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Microreactors have cores that are small enough to fit into the trailer of a semitruck.
    — Leonel Lagos, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The driver of the semitruck was not injured, according to the report.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2021
  • Officials arranged for a semitruck to provide toilets for the crowds.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • The firm reports that its bollards can stop semitrucks travelling up to 50 miles per hour.
    — Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The cause of the crash is not yet known, Stewart said, along with the condition of the semitruck driver.
    — Amir Vera and Amanda Musa, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The driver of the semitruck, who is 69, had moderate injuries.
    — Madeline Holcombe and Eric Levenson, CNN, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Alejandro’s friend loaned him a semitruck to shuttle one container at a time to the border.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 27 July 2020
  • The driver and passenger of the semitruck were not injured and remained on scene, police said.
    — Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Neither the driver of the semitruck nor the officers involved in the chase were injured.
    — Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities made contact with 29 of the people who had been in the semitruck.
    — Fox News, 7 May 2021
  • The semitruck later ignited and was destroyed by fire, the release stated.
    — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2021
  • Some head for customs inspections, while others move north by rail or on semitrucks, ready to restock local big-box stores.
    — Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026
  • O’Neil swerved to avoid the door, but still made contact with it and was thrown to the street, sources said, where the driver of a semitruck ran him over.
    — Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • There’s also a race, a group of people who bike, hundreds of equestrians and a procession of semitrucks.
    — Laura Rodríguez, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The driver of the semitruck was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Graves said.
    — Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The driver of the semitruck and a passenger were not injured, according to police.
    — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 25 Apr. 2020
  • And to get ripped off for two full semitruck loads of tequila in today's age, then everybody's vulnerable.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025

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