How to Use fender in a Sentence

fender

noun
  • The rear fender curves along the rear wheel and is a nice touch.
    New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Hinged at the front fender and the roof, the door opening is very wide.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Part of the front fender/bumper was missing and one of the tires was a spare.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The film at least mines some charm from a fender-bender as a meet-cute.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The plug-in has a locking charge port on the driver’s-side front fender, too.
    Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The charge port door is on the left front fender of the Lightning.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • On vehicles, the flag should be fixed to the front right fender.
    Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, 22 May 2019
  • Sightlines are wide open across the front fenders and over the shoulder.
    Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • On vehicles, the flag should be fixed to the front, right fender.
    Country Living Staff, Country Living, 25 May 2018
  • The belt-line sweeps up at the rear fenders and the body color wraps over to meet the black roof.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The grille and fenders have geometric shapes with crisp lines.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The back end was lifted atop pallets of wood; the front fender was on the ground.
    Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Those running boards are too new for that car, the wrong fender, the list kept growing.
    David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2019
  • And there are nine holes the top of each fender to help release pressure from the front wheel wells.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 8 June 2021
  • The car had a roof rack, no front plate and a dent in the rear driver-side fender, no front or rear plate.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The roof is magnesium and the trunk lid and fenders are carbon fiber.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The only work on the body consists of sanding the fender edges and drilling a few holes.
    Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Sensors and cameras pop out of the fender, just behind the front wheels.
    Jack Stewart, WIRED, 12 June 2018
  • The charging port is in the right rear fender, opposite to the gas filler on the left.
    Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Wheel guns rattle, and the pit crew pull the tire warmers out from under the fenders.
    Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Plus, the smaller tires of the Classic are dwarfed by the car's rear fenders.
    Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The scratch along the left side of the car caused damage to the left front fender and both left doors, police said.
    Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • There's one at the top of the windshield, one at the top of the rear window, and one above each front fender.
    Matt Jancer, Wired, 29 Mar. 2022
  • To easily check, measure from the ground to the top of the fender well on both a front and rear tire.
    Zoe Gutterman, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The left front fender of the car appears to have struck Davis and pinned his leg to the wall behind him.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • To make a hat, Radcliffe taught me to cast on with the same knot the crew used to secure the fenders.
    Andrea Sachs, Philly.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The rear rack is built for real cargo, and dual fenders protect against mud.
    New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
  • These are the ones that befuddle the mind and are more likely the source of fender-benders.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The fine doubles if the passenger is allowed to ride on the hood, fender, or in the trunk.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The headlight, which attaches to the frame via a mount on the front fender, is legit.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023

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