How to Use coaster in a Sentence

coaster

noun
  • Set the glass on a coaster.
  • These 3 Arizona coasters will get your heart pumping When is the next full moon?
    Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
  • True to form, her performance at the Manhattan firm was a roller-coaster ride.
    New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Their testing proved the flight of a coaster will invariably break down at about a half second after release.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Gabby Williams fell to the court, not wanting anyone to see her crying while dealing with a roller-coaster of emotions.
    Fox News, 7 Aug. 2021
  • What caused the coaster, Top Thrill Dragster, to malfunction?
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The Ember Mug offers up to 80 minutes of heat or all-day warmth on its charging coaster.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Mortimer hits all the sweaty, swooning highs and melancholic lows of this roller-coaster plot, with a particular eye for comedy.
    Judy Berman, Time, 30 July 2021
  • The roller-coaster ride isn’t over for the concert industry after a year and a half of jarring disruptions and tentative restarts.
    Dan Singer, Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The most noticeable of what's new is the Riptide, a 55-foot-high roller coaster that will loom over the Midway.
    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • The coaster has fallen out of favor in recent years, attracting increasingly shorter lines of riders.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Power Wave will be the park’s 15th roller coaster and will be the first water coaster of its kind in North America.
    Ann Gehan, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021
  • That’s part of the roller-coaster ride with a young quarterback who is learning how to steer an offense while working to become a master at understanding coverages.
    Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Many people with rare diseases suffer through long, roller-coaster journeys of misdiagnoses before their disease is identified.
    Guadalupe Hayes-Mota, STAT, 28 July 2021
  • Top Thrill is well known among coaster fans for being temperamental and maintenance-heavy, with long periods out of commission.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Every bite is a roller-coaster, a dopamine rush of anticipation, pleasure, trepidation and then pure exhilaration.
    Andy Wang, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2021
  • One is to the left and one is to the right side of the coaster.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The potential of the area where the Primeval Whirl coaster was.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The area will include the new Wild Mouse coaster along the eastern beach side of the park.
    Craig Webb, The Enquirer, 2 May 2023
  • The cover helps keep the tea hot but can be used as a coaster as well.
    Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Yet, roller-coaster seasons can end on a high note with a win in the Iron Bowl.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The ride was the fastest and steepest complete-circuit coaster in the world at the time of its launch, the park said.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Cedar Point is known for its coasters, and Wild Mouse will be its 18th.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • These past two years have been a wild roller-coaster ride.
    John F. Wasik, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The face on the coaster is the punchline moment to views, but not to Marjanovic.
    Dallas News, 4 May 2022
  • The tumbler of liquor and liqueur arrived for her on a drink coaster.
    Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2022
  • While the ride was in descent, the bracket hit the coaster’s track and came off the coaster train.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
  • While the ride was in descent, the bracket hit the coaster’s track and came off the coaster's train.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
  • Updates to the first drop in the coaster will shift the hill from 45 degrees to 53 degrees.
    Kaitlin Lewis, The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Be sure to use a coaster to keep from marking the table.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2022

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