How to Use cruiser in a Sentence

cruiser

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | Crobinson@al.com, 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 cruiser turntable has built-in Bluetooth and adjustable pitch control.
    — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • The man did not gain access to weapons that were inside the cruiser, officials said.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Police have not released the name of the officer driving the cruiser.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The build process is also faster and less complex than that of a fully custom cruiser.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Several cruisers pursued the man and found him in a parking lot.
    — cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The officer who was driving then opens the back door of the cruiser and finds Edwards unconscious, the footage shows.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Both of their bodies were found in the river the following day, Tabitha’s in the backseat of the cruiser and Leonard’s outside of the vehicle.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The officer in the vehicle at the time of the crash was able to get out and was walking over to his partner when the cruiser was hit by the second 18-wheeler.
    — Fox News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • The footage shows Dial getting out of his cruiser and approaching Irizarry's car with his gun drawn.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • McGuiness, Connor said, saw Chesna step out of his cruiser, gun drawn but down by his side, and order Lopes to drop the rock.
    — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • The trooper pursued and caught up to the Kia and turned on his cruiser’s flashing lights, stopping the sedan in Natick, according to the statement.
    — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Nov. 2022
  • As a deputy is walking him to a cruiser, Doerman asks if to take his wallet out of his back pocket.
    — Cameron Knight, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • For two days, the sun smiled on me, begging me to lose myself in the thick of powder chutes, mellow cruisers and gladed stashes.
    — Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The fleet will depend on fast cruisers to keep posted on the enemy’s movements.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The officer went back to his cruiser and learned that the driver had an active warrant in Cleveland.
    — cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The cruiser also grazed a fourth pedestrian, hit a fifth and dislodged a large cement trash can that hit a sixth person.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Prime spot for solo cruisers to meet others at the communal tables or for large groups to get the night started.
    — Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The cruiser Philadelphia was decommissioned in 1951, and the brothers did their best to move on with their lives.
    — John Ismay, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • The Cimarron is a first-rate Interstate sled as well—as stable as an Amtrak liner and about the smoothest and quietest 80-mph cruiser in the group.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Her cruiser went into the river sometime between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 11 May 2023

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