How to Use windshield in a Sentence

windshield

noun
  • The car had a damaged windshield.
  • Tyke stepped in front of his car, and Ward shot him through the windshield.
    Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Tony leans his head over the steering wheel and looks up through the windshield.
    Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
  • The dashcam video records a view of Card's driveway through the windshield.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The second was when a man busted the windshield with his bare hands and had to call 911.
    Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The two workers were thrown from their seats as glass from the windshield sprayed the cabin.
    Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Janice and Lori perked up in the front seat, as the wipers pushed water back and forth across the windshield.
    Ted Geltner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Benitez slammed the man into the windshield of his own car.
    Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The top of the tree went through the windshield, with the impact causing a section of it to break off inside the van.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The snub-nose truck has an ominous black brick windshield.
    Sal Vaglica, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Along the way, the driver went off the side of the road, kicking up a rock that damaged the cruiser windshield.
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The vehicle brakes sharply as a hail of debris and leaves hit the windshield.
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  • The gate went through the windshield and pinned the 36-year-old deputy to his seat, according to The Oklahoman.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Criner said her dad had a rental car, and although the windshield didn't crack, there was damage to the front and back bumpers.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • The man was not wearing a seatbelt and his head appeared to hit the windshield, Hahn said.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The windshield of Miller’s car was struck twice in the exchange of gunfire in which Harris died.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Well, the new de-ice mode is said to effectively clear the windshield.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 13 Oct. 2022
  • No one appears to have been struck by the bullets, but the van's windshield was riddled with holes.
    Gene Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Some newer cars even project the warnings through the windshield via a head up display.
    Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • Even the front windshield featured a dark tint — and the car also did not have a front or rear license plate.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The brow over the dashboard makes for a shallow windshield, and the stocky A-pillars stretch forward into the field of view.
    Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Noakes said the driver then attempted to reach under the front seat and break out the front windshield.
    Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The motorcyclist then stomps with both feet and smashes through the rear windshield, the video shows.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The car will have damage to its passenger side front bumper and fender, and will have a hole in the windshield.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The best was a clean car with a fishbowl windshield—someone who had money but was stupid.
    Jared Lemus, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The aircraft will be built of carbon-fiber, with a large windshield for enhanced views.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The front and back windshields of their truck collapsed, and the driver's side windows shattered.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The dashcam video ends with an image of a shattered windshield.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • His windshield and the driver’s side of his car were riddled with bullet holes.
    Linda Kinstler, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The officer fires his gun through the windshield and Young’s sedan drifts into the grocery store’s brick wall.
    Samantha Hendrickson, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023

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