How to Use steering wheel in a Sentence

steering wheel

noun
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  • His hands gripped the steering wheel of his rental car.
    — Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • There are three modes when the button on the steering wheel is pressed for 2.0.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • That, if you are stopped by the police, to put your hands on the steering wheel.
    — Marissa Charles, PEOPLE.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Tony leans his head over the steering wheel and looks up through the windshield.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Police shined a light into the car and saw the man slumped over the steering wheel.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The man stared at the steering wheel but didn’t seem aware that police were there.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2022
  • But to avoid hitting him, Young moved the steering wheel away from him.
    — Brittany Gaddy, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The seats were so fragmented, the wire springs poked through the leather, and the steering wheel had decades of hand sweat soaked in.
    — Carolyn Fong, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Drivers need to keep their hands on the steering wheel and their eyes on the road at all times.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 31 July 2023
  • Roll your window down and keep your hands on the steering wheel in plain sight.
    — Richard Boykin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Yes to shift gates and to steering wheels without any knobs on them.
    — New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2024
  • That’s when the officer ordered the man to put his hands on the steering wheel.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 7 June 2022
  • There's a sizable carbon-fiber shift paddle on the right of the steering wheel, but none on the left.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 19 July 2023
  • The driver has her hands raised above the steering wheel, looking at the trooper.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But the pedal box can be adjusted, as can the rake of the steering wheel.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022
  • The steering wheel jerked to the right, then to the left, and the airbags deployed seconds before the car jumped the curb and slammed into the business.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The pilots were able to use a small nose-gear steering wheel to veer from the runway to a high-speed turnoff.
    — David Koenig, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
  • But the American public isn’t ready to hand over the steering wheel.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Gently turn the steering wheel into the direction of the skid.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2024
  • There wouldn’t be any need for a steering wheel or pedals.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Roan was discovered shot in the back of the head, his body slumped behind the steering wheel of his car.
    — Graham Lee Brewer, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The driver was found behind the wheel with her head resting on the steering wheel.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Burkhardt sounded like a guy who has burned his hands on a steering wheel a time or two.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The movement required precious time and took hands off the steering wheel.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Answer: the gas pedal (to speed up), the brake (to slow down), and the steering wheel (to change direction).
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 5 July 2024
  • The Finish: 5 out of 5 Really goes all in with the fake steering wheel.
    — Ana Osorno, Them, 23 July 2024
  • At one point, the man awoke and grabbed the steering wheel, causing the car to hit a curb and a trash can, which disabled the vehicle.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • The engine of the vehicle was running and the driver was slumped over the steering wheel.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
  • In the clip, the adorable mammal can be seen dangling from the steering wheel while Laghi laughs and gives viewers an up-close look at the sloth's shenanigans.
    — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Likewise, nearly everything below can be felt through the steering wheel, allowing the driver to navigate it precisely like a homing missile; its overall feel is dangerously close to that of the two-wheeled kind.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

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