How to Use fifth wheel in a Sentence

fifth wheel

noun

• He felt more and more like a fifth wheel at the office.
• Their 47-foot fifth wheel, and home, is their third camper.
  — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 20 June 2023
• For me, the fifth wheel; for them; for society en masse.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 24 Nov. 2021
• The huge fifth wheel, designed and patented by its creator, was a thing of beauty.
  — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 28 June 2019
• People at the scene attempted to use a fire extinguisher to put out the flames, which sparked on the fifth wheel of the trailer, according to CHP.
  — Gwendolyn Wu, SFChronicle.com, 25 June 2019
• Get factory-direct prices on top RV brands and see the latest floorplans on a fifth wheel with a large kitchen or a compact camper van.
  — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2023
• More than 100 exhibitors will be on hand with the latest in pop-up campers, truck campers, travel trailers, fifth wheels, motor homes and park models of all sizes.
  — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2018
• Firefighters arrived within six minutes and found the fifth wheel camper in flames, which were spreading to the home, according to a news release from the fire district.
  — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• The fifth wheel-type camper fell as Burrow's wife backed up, and the 63-year-old Salisbury man was pinned between the camper and the pickup truck bed, according to investigators.
  — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 14 June 2018
• Cameras help the driver line up a hitch or fifth wheel, and there's an optional accessory camera for the back of a trailer to give drivers a view behind them.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 6 Oct. 2022
• Some of their favorite memories revolve around cross-country trips in their fifth wheel trailer visiting just about every state over the years.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• Oldest brother Kevin Jonas also tagged along, sans wife Danielle Jonas, as something of a trifecta-completing fifth wheel.
  — Andrea Park, Glamour, 17 July 2018
• The fifth-wheel landing legs may not be seated properly with enough space between the brackets which are welded to the chassis, allowing the fifth wheel to slip down the landing leg and can puncture the floor of the vehicle.
  — Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2020
• Toy haulers come in class A, class C, travel and fifth wheel variants.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
• And there’s always a Maverick fifth wheel, designed to make the regulars look cool.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
• The entire industry depends on this, the jaws of the fifth wheel clamping properly around the kingpin.
  — Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024