How to Use collide in a Sentence

collide

verb
Definition of collidenext
Synonyms for collidenext
  • Two football players collided on the field.
  • By the time the fog had parted, the ships were set to collide.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Their paths will soon collide on an island off the coast of Maine.
    — New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Laine and the Hyundai driver collided in the eastbound lanes.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The driver who collided into the car with the female victims had left the scene on foot.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 23 May 2023
  • The Audi was going at an as-yet-undetermined speed when the front of the the car collided into the rear of the Volvo, Axt said.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The force of the crash caused her father Andy's seat to collapse backward, colliding with Taylor who was strapped in her car seat.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Badie added that the bridge was built in the 1970s, when the size and load of weight of the vessels crossing beneath the bridge were much smaller than the vessel that collided with the bridge today.
    — NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • As Noah and Elena's worlds collide via the autobots, they're roped into a mission to get the key and bring all the cars back to their home world Cybertron.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2023
  • The two collided in a giant impact that brought both to a violent end.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The car that had been struck then collided with two pedestrians on the sidewalk, a 26-year-old woman and an 8-year-old girl, Ohana said.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The two vehicles collided head-on in the center right lane, killing both drivers.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
  • The new rule doesn’t even fix the real problem, which is players barreling down the field and colliding at top speeds.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • These are the things that can happen when Thanos-sized humans collide at maximum speed.
    — Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 15 Aug. 2023
  • That demand surge collided with a shortage of homes for sale and caused prices to skyrocket.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • With Trump, the long-term trends and the candidate-specific quirks collided.
    — Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The Cetus’ bow collided with the Huronton’s port side and, for a brief moment, the two vessels were locked together.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The ionized gas from the new stars can collide with the older surrounding dust and gas, creating a shockwave.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The force of the crash caused her father Andy Warner's seat to collapse backward, colliding with Taylor who was strapped in her car seat.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The climate impacts have collided with the growing pains of a fast-expanding city.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Soon, these two worlds collide to head-spinning effect.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Mark Hendrickson collided with the car and was ejected from his bike just before 8 a.m.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The car appeared to have collided with a tree and utility pole just before midnight.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 15 July 2023
  • In Cobb, and elsewhere in metro Atlanta, relentless growth often collides with brick-and-mortar remnants of the past.
    — Jennifer Brett, ajc, 28 Apr. 2023
  • On May 24, Stuart, a zebra, died after colliding with a fence.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Hipsters in platform shoes collide in the unisex washroom.
    — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2024
  • What is clear is that this is India’s most severe rail accident since two trains collided near Agra in 1995.
    — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2023
  • The first car that was struck also collided with another vehicle that was attempting to make a left turn at the light.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But the city isn’t alone: Across the United States, between 365 million to about one billion birds die each year from colliding with glass in skyscrapers and low-rise buildings.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The pickup truck collided with multiple trees before coming to a stop, and the teen driver was later pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023

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