ACCIDENT in a Sentence

Learn ACCIDENT 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.

344 example sentences for ACCIDENT, such as:

1. She was the victim of a road accident.
2. The accident victim died from her injuries.
3. He clewed us in on how the accident happened.
4. But she met him by accident almost every day.
5. His version of the accident seemed most convincing.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACCIDENT
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accident
 n.  event that takes place without expectation; sudden, and unexpected event
Classic Sentence: (169 in 12 pages)
1  I used to go a good deal after the accident, when I was first married; but after awhile I got to think it made 'em feel worse to see us.'
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  Anyhow, when she heard o the accident she came right in and stayed with Ethan over to the minister's, where they'd carried him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  Mattie was, before the accident; I never knew a sweeter nature.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  But she met him by accident almost every day.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  Perhaps he had had an accident, perhaps his horse had thrown him and he was lying helpless in some ditch.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
6  See that amazing lower lip, pressed by accident against the vessel's side, so as firmly to embrace the jaw.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
7  Now, the people of the Pequod had been baling some time in this way; several tubs had been filled with the fragrant sperm; when all at once a queer accident happened.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
8  Be it said, however, that the Sperm Whale is far less liable to this accident than any other species.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
9  On the table beside her there was a basket of early summer flowers which the Pole had left after he heard of the accident.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
10  Her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an accident, in this respect resembling many other marriages which masquerade as the decrees of Fate.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VII
11  She had pictured him seeking her at the very first hour, and he had lived under the same sky since day before yesterday; while only by accident had he stumbled upon her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIII
12  "I am destined to see you only by accident," she said, shoving the cat off the chair beside her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXVI
13  But he had been killed in an elevator accident in Durham's.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
14  It was dreadful that an accident of this sort, that no man can help, should have meant such suffering.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
15  They had been overworked and underfed so long, and finally some disease had laid them on their backs; or they had cut themselves, and had blood poisoning, or met with some other accident.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
Example Sentence: (175 in 12 pages)
16  Take out accident insurance before you go on your trip.
17  I was standing by the side of the road, so the accident happened under my very eyes.
18  It's hard to understand how the accident came about.
19  He clewed us in on how the accident happened.
20  His version of the accident seemed most convincing.
21  The driver's version of the accident was different from the eyewitness'.
22  He could not get a single witness to establish independent corroboration of his version of the accident.
23  First check that the accident victim doesn't have an obstructed airway.
24  They paid an indemnity to the victim after the accident.
25  She was the victim of a road accident.
26  The accident victim died from her injuries.
27  He suffered headaches and double vision after hitting his head in the accident.
28  The accident was my fault-it would be foolish to pretend otherwise.
29  Your next of kin will receive death benefit if you die in an accident.
30  Oh yeah, one more thing: Since a fairly recent accident, Linkous has limited use of his legs.