How to Use wiper in a Sentence

wiper

noun
  • Changing your own wipers is quick and easy.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Yes, the process to change the rear wiper blade is the same as the front.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Use the wiper blades, weights or magnets to hold it in place.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The wiper arm is what secures the frames and blades of windshield wipers.
    — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Lift the wiper arms gently and make sure they're held firmly in place.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • If your wipers streak, skip, or chatter, replace them.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • They’re even carved into the ends of the turn-signal and wiper stalks.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 July 2020
  • The heater fan quit last month, and the wiper blades rotted long before that.
    — Barry Pearce, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2019
  • For excellent wiper blades that won't break the bank, these are the best choice.
    — Car and Driver, 24 Oct. 2022
  • There are tiny wiper blades, there are jets that spray out special liquids, and so on.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • These wipers have a metal frame that supports a rubber squeegee.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Before bed, raise wiper blades to keep them from freezing to the windshield.
    — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Some cool stuff, some terrible ideas, and a very, very floppy wiper.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The side mirrors and windscreen-wipers had long gone, good riddance to them.
    — The Economist, 18 July 2019
  • Nothing about the wiper or, frankly, about the Cybertruck makes much sense.
    — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Windshield wipers swiped, rain rattled, dusk was darkened by clouds.
    — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 20 June 2019
  • Pair new wipers with winter‑ready washer fluid for the best results.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The wipers are controlled by a stalk sprouting from the right of the steering column.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Make sure your wiper blades can clear your windshield, and replace any blade that leaves streaks or misses spots.
    — Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The only other faux pas was the turn signal stalk, which has a wiper button on its end.
    — Tribune News Service, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Also check wipers for wear, and have a professional check the brakes.
    — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2019
  • One employee had the windshield wipers torn off his brand-new pickup.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The most notable so far is this one program called Shamoon, and that virus is what’s called a wiper.
    — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Those grips change the path of a racquet—there are lassos, windshield wipers, whips—and the arc of a shot.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The rear windshield was found shattered, and a windshield wiper switch was broken.
    — cleveland, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The free car care checks include checks on tires, brakes, alignment, battery, wiper blades and shocks and struts.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 11 Nov. 2019
  • That’s about the same as using a windscreen wiper to clear a 15-minute rainstorm.
    — Alistair Charlton, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Ball joints in the wiper module can rust, causing one or both wipers to fail, increasing the risk of a crash.
    — CBS News, 1 Apr. 2022
  • One rip-roaring debate was whether the wiper blade arms on one of the cars would have left the factory black or chrome.
    — Susan Callaway, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Routine maintenance items such as brake pads, wiper blades and air filters are not covered.
    — Emily Mercer, USA Today, 22 June 2026

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