How to Use cruiser in a Sentence

cruiser

noun
  • The motorist saw the cruiser and stopped in the middle of the roadway.
    cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The deputies got out of their cruiser and ordered the men to lift their shirts.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Once the duo packed into a land cruiser to head to the camp, things warmed up fast.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Photos that the union shared from the scene showed the front of both cars smashed, as smoke rose from beneath the hood of the cruiser.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The trooper was inside the cruiser with his seat belt on.
    Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
  • Ellis stopped, turned on his blue lights and got out of his cruiser to clear them.
    Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 17 Oct. 2022
  • His body appeared to get caught on the door and he was dragged about 15 feet as the cruiser turned onto the street and pulled away.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Once the officer turned on the flashing lights on his cruiser, the truck drove over the curb and parked on a tree lawn.
    cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Hatcher said bystanders pulled the deputy from the cruiser.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The ship was clearly a Slava-class cruiser, of which the Moskva was one of three.
    NBC News, 20 Apr. 2022
  • That’s when the officers pushed her up against the police cruiser, the video shows.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The man lost control of his SUV on ice and the vehicle slid into the cruiser.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The 600-foot-long cruiser, mortally wounded, sank on the way to port.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Barr stopped at a traffic light with the cruiser behind them.
    Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
  • In one of those videos, a male is seen to seemingly step in front of a police SUV and is struck by the cruiser.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 2 Jan. 2023
  • With the cruiser’s lights flashing, the driver stopped in the Misty Lake apartment complex.
    cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Hoyle tried to put the car in reverse and back up after the officers got out of their cruiser.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The truck was in drive, and the engine was running, so police parked a cruiser in front of the vehicle.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 12 May 2022
  • Beach lovers and cruisers alike travel toward the ocean in search of this magic.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2024
  • Video shows a gold Lexus crashing into the side of the cruiser as the deputy drives through the intersection.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 30 May 2024
  • The cruiser turntable has built-in Bluetooth and adjustable pitch control.
    Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The driver then put his car in reverse and struck a deputy’s patrol cruiser.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The dashcam of the Michigan State Police cruiser captured the first deer clearing the car.
    Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The officer in the driver’s seat got out of the cruiser, saw that Davis was pinned and then reversed the vehicle, the video shows.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • It will be sold in the U.S. but is no highway cruiser with its 44 horsepower and 50-mph top speed.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The man did not gain access to weapons that were inside the cruiser, officials said.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The donations will be dropped off and then placed in the trunk and back seats of the cruiser, a spokesperson for the department said in an e-mail.
    Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The deputy drew his weapon and coaxed the victim to take cover behind his patrol cruiser.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The trooper then positioned the cruiser behind the pickup truck and allegedly saw the driver move across the left lane and straddle the swale separating the HOV lane once again, state police said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Nov. 2024
  • But tethered inside the shallow and narrow Santa Cruz Harbor, few of the cruisers, catamarans and yachts were prepared for the fury of this week’s storm surge, which sunk at least 15 vessels and damaged many more.
    Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024

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