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On pickup trucks, for instance, the spare tire is cryptically stashed and onerous to extract.—Maddy Butcher, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2026 According to police, bricks on the front porch of a home on West Godfrey Avenue were also damaged by a spare tire.—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 The sprayer hooks up to the water heater on the spare tire swing-out, fed by the dual-tank 200-L underbody fresh water system.—New Atlas, 26 Feb. 2026 Make sure that the spare tire is properly inflated and the lug wrench and jack are still in the car.—John Paul, The Providence Journal, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spare tire