Careened is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Careened meaning
simple past and past participle of careen
Using Careened
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of careen
- In the example corpus, careened often appears in combinations such as: careened into, careened off, and careened.
Context around Careened
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Careened
- In this selection, "careened" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, highway, train, bus, off, courageously and down stand out and add context to how "careened" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include audi then careened into the and car train careened off their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "careened" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with careened
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The witnesses said the vehicle careened into some boulders on the roadside before it stopped. (15 words)
Witnesses said a late model Dodge Charger careened through the family’s roadside tent and hit him. (17 words)
Last month, a speeding car careened into the parklet in front of Michael’s on Naples, destroying it. (18 words)
Iglesia was driving southbound on Route 55 when his minivan ran off the right side of the road and struck two trees around 2 p.m. The vehicle then careened back onto the road and came to rest in the middle of the highway. (44 words)
John Nelson McLamb was the next Midway batter up to the plate and he belted a beautiful, roping line-drive down the first baseline that landed just fair and careened out in the rightfield corner. (35 words)
In mid-September 2021, the saxophonist and bandleader was driving home from a performance in Cleveland when her car slid off the highway, careened through a wooded area and flipped into a drainage ditch. (34 words)
Example sentences (18)
In mid-September 2021, the saxophonist and bandleader was driving home from a performance in Cleveland when her car slid off the highway, careened through a wooded area and flipped into a drainage ditch.
It careened into the trees after striking the second barrier, veering both right and left before plummeting towards the cliff," he stated.
John Nelson McLamb was the next Midway batter up to the plate and he belted a beautiful, roping line-drive down the first baseline that landed just fair and careened out in the rightfield corner.
On February 3, fifty cars of a 141-car train careened off their tracks, resulting in a gnarled mess, a major fire that lasted for days, and the threat of the whole thing exploding.
The alleged attack occurred during the busy drop-off period on the morning of Feb. 8, when a city bus careened into the Garderie Éducative Ste-Rose.
Investigators say the driver exited the westbound 10 Freeway at Garey Avenue when they ran a red light, clipped a tree and careened into the building.
The driver of the vehicle that careened off West Cliff into the Pacific Ocean is paddled to the safety of a Harbor Patrol boat on Monday.
The thieves made off with the woman’s bag, keys, phone, credit cards, and glasses — all while she careened through the air and slammed into a metal bike rack.
As you might have seen, fellow Hyundai driver and 2019 WRC champion Ott Tänak careened off an embankment in a very scary-looking crash.
I’d like to say that after my four-day tour I, too, soared through the air, stomped double backflips, pounced down pristine pillow lines, and careened courageously over cliffs with perfect form.
Last month, a speeding car careened into the parklet in front of Michael’s on Naples, destroying it.
The Audi then careened into the restaurant's wooden outdoor dining setup, damaging a barrier and several canopy tents.
Witnesses said a late model Dodge Charger careened through the family’s roadside tent and hit him.
Being slick was not really an option, so they took what they had and careened down the road like a semi with its brake line cut, threatening everything in its path.
Iglesia was driving southbound on Route 55 when his minivan ran off the right side of the road and struck two trees around 2 p.m. The vehicle then careened back onto the road and came to rest in the middle of the highway.
I just careened into their stuff, and I started using some of it in this thing that I was writing.
TMZ broke the story … cops say Kevin was riding shotgun in his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda early Sunday morning when it careened off Mulholland Highway, leaving the driver and a backseat passenger pinned.
The witnesses said the vehicle careened into some boulders on the roadside before it stopped.
Common combinations with careened
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: