WHEEL in a Sentence

Learn WHEEL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

245 example sentences for WHEEL, such as:

1. The nurse wheeled the dinner up.
2. Thus a wheel revolves on its axle.
3. Truck wheels had dug furrows in the track.
4. It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
5. The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub.

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 Meanings and Examples of WHEEL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
wheel
 n.  any machine shaped having a circular frame
 v.  move, roll
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He could wheel himself about in a wheeled chair, and he had a sort of bath-chair with a motor attachment, in which he could puff slowly round the park.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  'Thanks, then, for the help, Mellors,' said Clifford casually, as he began to wheel down the passage to the servants' quarters.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
3  The two sisters drove off in the morning, Connie looking rather like an Easter lamb, rather small beside Hilda, who held the wheel.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  Quiet and complacent, Clifford sat at the wheel of adventure: in his old black hat and tweed jacket, motionless and cautious.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
5  The man crouched solicitously by the wheel, and peered at the little engine.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
6  And she had to go and take hold of the wheel, ready.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
7  The keeper put a stone under the wheel, and went to sit on the bank, his heart beat and his face white with the effort, semi-conscious.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
8  Let me wheel your chair round to the other side; and then you won't see it.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  Upon this he sat down, leaning his back against the wheel.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
10  He made fast the pail to the long coil of rope, put it over the wheel, and allowed it to descend by letting the rope slip through his hands.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
11  More wise than those who go on until the wheel turns against them, he realized his gains and returned to England with them.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
12  The more deeply sunk impression is, of course, the hind wheel, upon which the weight rests.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
13  Holmes struck a match and held it to the back wheel, and I heard him chuckle as the light fell upon a patched Dunlop tire.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
14  Amid the droning of the wind there had come the stamping of a horse's hoofs, and the long grind of a wheel as it rasped against the curb.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
15  I walked into the doctor's yard this morning, and shot my syringe full of aniseed over the hind wheel.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
16  The driver had probably blacked out at the wheel.
17  I saw the car drive past, but didn't recognize the woman behind the wheel.
18  You need to jack up the car before you try to remove the wheel.
19  Remember, when driving a car, the golden rule is never to take both hands off the steering wheel.
20  It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
21  Thus a wheel revolves on its axle.
22  Dan and Jordan must ride the Singapore Flyer observation wheel until their capsule is at the very top, which is 541 feet.
23  The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub.
24  It's an article about all the wheeling and dealing that goes on in financial markets.
25  He spends his time wheeling and dealing on the stock exchange.
26  Doctors put her on a respirator and wheeled her downstairs to the intensive care unit.
27  The nurse wheeled the dinner up.
28  He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.
29  One of the boys was pushing the other along in a little box on wheels.
30  Truck wheels had dug furrows in the track.