How to Use bodywork in a Sentence

bodywork

noun
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  • That's heavy for a bullet, but impressively light for a motorcycle with a full metal jacket of bodywork.
    — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
  • With that out of the way, and with its bodywork on, the 963 was pushed to the pit lane.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Count the number of cut lines in the bodywork that aren’t there.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The fenders flare like a Sophia Loren sigh, and the bodywork is free of holes, vents, and gouges.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The best bodywork in boxing leads to the first loss of Bivol’s career.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2022
  • Miller was putting the bodywork on a car with a little wrench and that wrench went right through the paint.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The Gen3 car Portland was my first chance to get a look at the new Gen3 cars up close, shorn of bodywork in the pits.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 July 2023
  • Riding on 22-inch wheels and tyres, the rear end of the ID.Aero is drawn in, and all surfaces fit flush to the bodywork.
    — Michael Taylor, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • On the right side, the M colors flit about the bodywork like a flock of butterflies.
    — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Jonathan Gitlin The 906 longtail with the bodywork removed.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The main changes that have been introduced on the MT-10 are found in the electronics and bodywork.
    — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Out back, the new bodywork has been hollowed out for a one-third increase in trunk space.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 27 July 2023
  • With the exception of aluminum door skins, carbon-fiber forms the rest of the bodywork.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The aerodynamics come from the front splitter, the shape of the bodywork, and a pretty big rear wing.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2018
  • At high speeds, the panel returns to sit flush with the trailing edge of the rear bodywork to reduce drag.
    — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 29 June 2023
  • Shrapnel has since torn a hole in the bodywork near his dance school logo on the side of the vehicle.
    — NBC News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The Polestar 3's bodywork has been optimized in the wind tunnel.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The bodywork used in qualifying has to be the exact same that’s used on race day.
    — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 26 June 2018
  • Like the outgoing version, the new Civic Type R has some unique bodywork.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 July 2022
  • The bodywork’s slight creases and Kamm-tail rear end were a Tjaarda flourish.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The new bodywork employs both aluminum (for the rear deck) and carbon fiber (doors and front fenders).
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Small tufts of wool stuck to the bodywork help visualize airflow over the body.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2022
  • If the shape of the car generates a good laminar flow along the bodywork, the tufts will stream in that direction.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Note that there are no obvious air ducts in the upper bodywork.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 13 July 2017
  • Any stray bullet holes in the original bodywork are filled at no charge.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2024
  • In the midst of the pandemic, when regular massages and bodywork are out of reach, this time can be all the more valuable.
    — Outside Online, 15 June 2020
  • The standard bodywork from the cowl rearward was retained, but the frame was shortened to make the TP21 more capable off-road.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 25 Nov. 2021
  • In another nod to space, the Orange Flame accents on the lower bodywork are likened to comets' dust trails.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 20 Mar. 2022
  • There's a lot to like underneath the Lexus RC F's rather, er, distinctive bodywork.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 26 June 2020
  • The new look is an evolution of the previous generation’s design, adding a little more upright feel to the bodywork and a less rounded front grille.
    — New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024

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