How to Use rubberneck in a Sentence

rubberneck

verb
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  • She was rubbernecking and almost got in an accident herself.
  • The warning here lay not in the number of Americans who rubbernecked at this episode, but in how many were genuinely thrilled by it.
    — Nitsuh Abebe, New York Times, 20 June 2017
  • There have been plenty of other wrecks at this spot, just in the past week or two, reminding fans why sports is such rubbernecking fun.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2019
  • That is, there’s no constraint: Drivers don’t have to behave in a certain way, because there’s no longer a rubbernecking driver in front of them.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Yet the majority of people rubbernecking across the caution tape were members of the media.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2017
  • When the movie was released in 1970, the Beatles had just broken up, and this moment allowed fans to rubberneck at the cracks in the band’s façade, giving fuel to those who argued that McCartney was to blame for the split.
    — Dan Reilly, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Drivers rubbernecked past the Indian Health Care Center, which had been placed on near-total lockdown.
    — Alden Woods, azcentral, 11 Apr. 2020
  • There are options for those who would rather rubberneck than subscribe: His website will sell you a replica Barings Bank trading jacket for €300.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
  • There’s a rubbernecking aspect to listening to Alabama fans lose their minds after a loss, which is a big reason the shows became so famous outside the state.
    — John Talty | [email protected], al, 12 Nov. 2019
  • There is an equality of skin on display here — first Nathan strips naked, and then Issa does, swapping rubbernecking for an intimate mutual gaze.
    — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • Maryland State Police reported inner loop backups from rubbernecking drivers that stretched from the bridge to Branch Avenue.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 20 June 2018
  • In the immediate aftermath of the bombing, the community was inundated with well wishes and donations—as well as rubbernecking tourists.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
  • In the immediate aftermath of the bombing, the community was inundated with well wishes and donations—as well as rubbernecking tourists.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
  • Hollywood seems particularly keen to rubberneck these days.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2022
  • She was rubbernecking and almost got in an accident herself.
  • The warning here lay not in the number of Americans who rubbernecked at this episode, but in how many were genuinely thrilled by it.
    — Nitsuh Abebe, New York Times, 20 June 2017
  • There have been plenty of other wrecks at this spot, just in the past week or two, reminding fans why sports is such rubbernecking fun.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2019
  • That is, there’s no constraint: Drivers don’t have to behave in a certain way, because there’s no longer a rubbernecking driver in front of them.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Yet the majority of people rubbernecking across the caution tape were members of the media.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2017
  • When the movie was released in 1970, the Beatles had just broken up, and this moment allowed fans to rubberneck at the cracks in the band’s façade, giving fuel to those who argued that McCartney was to blame for the split.
    — Dan Reilly, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Drivers rubbernecked past the Indian Health Care Center, which had been placed on near-total lockdown.
    — Alden Woods, azcentral, 11 Apr. 2020
  • There are options for those who would rather rubberneck than subscribe: His website will sell you a replica Barings Bank trading jacket for €300.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
  • There’s a rubbernecking aspect to listening to Alabama fans lose their minds after a loss, which is a big reason the shows became so famous outside the state.
    — John Talty | [email protected], al, 12 Nov. 2019
  • There is an equality of skin on display here — first Nathan strips naked, and then Issa does, swapping rubbernecking for an intimate mutual gaze.
    — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • Maryland State Police reported inner loop backups from rubbernecking drivers that stretched from the bridge to Branch Avenue.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 20 June 2018
  • In the immediate aftermath of the bombing, the community was inundated with well wishes and donations—as well as rubbernecking tourists.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
  • In the immediate aftermath of the bombing, the community was inundated with well wishes and donations—as well as rubbernecking tourists.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
  • Hollywood seems particularly keen to rubberneck these days.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2022

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