Examples of at the wheel in a Sentence
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According to authorities, officers received a 911 call around 2:30 a.m. local time about a driver who had allegedly fallen asleep at the wheel on Highway 74.
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Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
During the pullout from Afghanistan—perhaps the moment when Biden’s approval ratings began to tip in the wrong direction—Republicans effectively attacked him as being asleep at the wheel of a chaotic world.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
The display was free of glare from the bright desert sun throughout my hours at the wheel.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
The director Radu Jude wrote Angela’s character with a real-life P.A. in mind: a 22-year-old who died after falling asleep at the wheel.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Haddish, 44, was arrested on Nov. 24 for allegedly falling asleep at the wheel of her Tesla around 5:45 a.m. on Beverly Drive.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
All three engines are mated to Stellantis’s stalwart eight-speed automatic, which shifted quickly on the road and performed well off road in my day at the wheel.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
Shand was at the wheel of a 15-passenger van stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol in North Dakota, just south of the Canadian border, on Jan. 19, 2022.
—CBS News, 27 Feb. 2024
Who was asleep at the wheel of that big yellow taxi, people?
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
During the pullout from Afghanistan—perhaps the moment when Biden’s approval ratings began to tip in the wrong direction—Republicans effectively attacked him as being asleep at the wheel of a chaotic world.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
The display was free of glare from the bright desert sun throughout my hours at the wheel.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
The director Radu Jude wrote Angela’s character with a real-life P.A. in mind: a 22-year-old who died after falling asleep at the wheel.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Haddish, 44, was arrested on Nov. 24 for allegedly falling asleep at the wheel of her Tesla around 5:45 a.m. on Beverly Drive.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
All three engines are mated to Stellantis’s stalwart eight-speed automatic, which shifted quickly on the road and performed well off road in my day at the wheel.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
Shand was at the wheel of a 15-passenger van stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol in North Dakota, just south of the Canadian border, on Jan. 19, 2022.
—CBS News, 27 Feb. 2024
Who was asleep at the wheel of that big yellow taxi, people?
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
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“At the wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20wheel. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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