How to Use windshield in a Sentence

windshield

noun
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  • The car had a damaged windshield.
  • The object hit the hood of the car and bounced up into the windshield.
    — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Tyke stepped in front of his car, and Ward shot him through the windshield.
    — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Yes, those are bullet holes in the front windshield and along the sides.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The car's windshield appeared to be cracked by the large section of the crane.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • More deputies arrived and drew guns as the man blocked the windshield of the SUV with a sun shade.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Tony leans his head over the steering wheel and looks up through the windshield.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
  • The windshield of his car had a large hole from the impact of a piece of metal.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The Jeep had damage to its hood, windshield and right side.
    — cleveland, 27 May 2022
  • The car appeared to have four bullet holes in the hood and windshield.
    — Jessica Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Park showed a photo of the cracked windshield, which had two holes in it.
    — oregonlive, 27 July 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
  • Dear Lost in the Past: The rearview mirror is much smaller than the windshield.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The windshield was much bigger than the rear-view mirror, the team was told.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • The joyous look even extends to the wingtips and around the cockpit windshield.
    — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 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.
    — Constant Méheut Ivan Nechepurenko Carly Olson Matthew Mpoke Bigg Victoria Kim Marc Santora Valeriya Safronova Marc Santora Brendan Hoffman Constant Méheut Constant Méheut Steven Erlanger Andrew E. Kramer Marc Santora Matthew Mpoke Bigg Lara Jakes, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • The car was hit from behind, smashing the rear windshield.
    — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 13 May 2022
  • 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 hood is long and low, flowing into a fast windshield.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The footage shows the car’s front windshield cracked by at least three bullets and its rear windshield shattered.
    — Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The car also comes with a Bluetooth radio and a heated windshield.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024

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