How to Use flatbed in a Sentence

flatbed

1 of 2 adjective

• This was not something that could’ve been thrown on the back of a flatbed.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 19 May 2021
• With them were dozens of limp, bloodied bodies, piled up on the flatbed trucks.
  — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
• News cameras captured the car as it was taken from the scene on a flatbed truck.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 21 May 2021
• Each jet-setter gets a flatbed seat with two full meters of space in between them and their neighbor.
  — Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 13 June 2023
• The outtakes are followed by pictures of those same cars being towed away on the back of a flatbed truck.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• These nuclear reactors fit on a flatbed truck.
  — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• The event was stationary on 14th and U street, where the live go-go bands cranked on a flatbed truck.
  — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
• Then there’s the vehicle that Good was fatally shot in being hustled away on a flatbed truck.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
• The flatbed cars that carry long sections of steel replacement rails are pulled by diesel work trains, as are the crane cars that help position the rails.
  — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Instead, by turning right across his blind spot, the cab of the flatbed struck Langenkamp and knocked her off her bike, Regan said.
  — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
• One bounces sedately down a country road on the back of a flatbed truck; another glides along the Black Sea on a barge.
  — Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
• Further on down the tunnel, a work crew of contractors stood atop a flatbed car, wielding long drills and boring into the side of the tunnel.
  — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
• The video showed a flatbed pickup pulling up to the curb and a man identified as Cagle walking into the terminal.
  — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
• Carlo Gozzi, of Flossmoor, brought his daughter Madelyn, 6, to toss some pumpkins in the back of the flatbed.
  — Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• Nearby, on the uptown track, three men stood on a the flatbed car of a work train, reaching up towards the ceiling to organize and wrap up bundles of electrical cables.
  — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
• Alexakis ordered the government last month to return the SUV to Chicago – this time on the back of a flatbed truck.
  — Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
• Cube subsequently launched the concept as the Trike Hybrid in 2023, and has now added a flatbed variant to the range.
  — New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
• Not that the work for the Olympics ever stops for the company’s 100 3D and flatbed machines—or its equal number of employees.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
• Near The Farmer’s Porch, their restaurant, where people dine in the open air, the Chiarizios have parked an old flatbed army truck – a makeshift stage for live music at a distance.
  — Jules Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2020
• Monday morning, the 50-ton diner will be offloaded from the flatbed truck and transferred onto a foundation at Steiner Studios.
  — Naomi Ruchim, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
• That difference in optical resolutions between the ADF and flatbed sections isn’t unusual.
  — PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
• Departing from Greenbank Station in Wilmington, this ride trades traditional passenger cars for flatbed railcars lined with hay bales, giving travelers the feel of an open-air hay wagon.
  — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
• The model traveled the country aboard a flatbed truck, appearing at state fairs where visitors who had only heard about glamorous Hollywood could finally experience a miniature version of the entertainment capital.
  — Daily News, 20 June 2026
• Sharon Rocha's mitochondrial DNA clamped in the jaws of a pair of pliers found in [Peterson’s] boat, [and] the presence of concrete debris in the boat cover that matched both the homemade boat anchor and the concrete debris on his flatbed trailer.
  — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026

flatbed

2 of 2 noun

• They were found in a dead-end street and placed in the flatbed of a pick-up truck.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• Four sculptures loomed on the flatbed, wearing tie-down straps.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
• Down the block, some men were watching a game of chess play out on the flatbed of one of their trucks.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• Other pickup trucks are boxy, with a square cabin in the front and a flatbed in the back.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2019
• Stewards had to load it onto a flatbed and haul it back to the garage, cutting short his drive.
  — Joseph Wilson, The Seattle Times, 19 Feb. 2019
• The first cars were brought on a flatbed to the airport this week, and the rest will arrive in the weeks ahead.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
• The crane's motors roared and Washington rose off the flatbed.
  — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2018
• Loading those folks on the flatbed railcars doesn't look comfortable at all.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 1 Sep. 2017
• In the flatbed, Naw Chi Paw clutches her baby next to her teenage son.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• Susana is loading digging equipment into the flatbed of the group’s truck.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• The model retails for $37,725 with the flatbed.
  — New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
• The wood was delivered in a flatbed with a six-foot by ten-foot bed and four-foot sideboards; tossed in loose as high as the boards.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2020
• Envision a self-driving car that is supposed to get itself onto the flatbed of a tow truck.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
• Investigators said he was caught between the flatbed and cab of the truck while it was being moved.
  — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
• Kraft was informed that the car had been delivered on a flatbed from Florida.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 8 June 2021
• And with that, the tow trucks started hoisting the wreckage onto a flatbed for the trip to the county’s impound lot.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
• Woods then allegedly smashed the lid and flipped the hive off the flatbed, agitating the bees even more, the release said.
  — Rob Frehse, CNN, 19 Oct. 2022
• At that point, the load of wood shifted and fell off the flatbed, becoming wedged between the two trucks, damaging both.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• The small workhorse has a flatbed on the back that allows for almost infinite customization.
  — Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2023
• On Friday, a few rides that had arrived at the fairgrounds were on flatbeds waiting to be assembled.
  — Jerry Fallstrom, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 Apr. 2018
• Swift is a trucking company that provides flatbed, heavy haul, and dry van services, among its specialties.
  — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2018
• Her twin brother Apollo was the god of the sun who had the job of steering the sun with his flatbed with his horses across the daytime sky.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2019
• The engines, which pull cranes, flatbeds, de-icers and other work cars, are vital to the maintenance of the subway system.
  — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Fire snaked along the train on the bridge, burning through the wooden cars, including a flatbed of lumber, heading toward two tanker cars.
  — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2020
• Firefighters entered the water to attach straps to the car, which was then lifted out by a tow truck and loaded onto a flatbed.
  — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
• Then, the special trailer they were quarantined in was put on a flatbed, and taken to a waiting plane to be flown to Houston.
  — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 14 July 2019
• About two hours after the attack, the truck, a white flatbed with a crane on the back, remained at the scene and an ambulance was still removing bodies.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2017
• His truck is a vivid green, with a green skeleton dangling above the flatbed, and a Grinch plastered to the grille during Christmastime.
  — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 23 Dec. 2025
• Police searched Cagle's Chevrolet flatbed and found the assault rifle with 27 rounds.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
• Each of the hometown brands will pull the cover off of a new flatbed, while at least three of the luxury brands roll out new SUVs.
  — Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 11 Jan. 2018