How to Use sidewall in a Sentence

sidewall

noun
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  • Screws were removed from the sidewalls of six tires on a truck.
    — Washington Post, 17 May 2017
  • From there, the car vaulted 21 feet into the sidewall of a home.
    — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The sidewalls of the lower-deck cabin don’t have curves that cramp space.
    — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 6 June 2018
  • If the wheel is bigger, the tire’s sidewall is shorter.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022
  • But the kits do not work as a temporary fix if the tire blows out or the damage is to the sidewall.
    — Frank Witsil, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The railing and sidewall are stainless steel and glass.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2017
  • The handsome Special Deluxe rolled off the truck on 6-by-16-inch wide white sidewall tires.
    — Vern Parker, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Hard shell tents use that hard lid either as the tent roof or a sidewall once the rest of the fabric tent is pitched.
    — Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There could be some lacerations to the sidewall of the tires that came in harsh contact with the curb.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Check for obvious sealant leaks at the sidewall and valve stem.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 July 2020
  • On all other tires, it's found elsewhere on the sidewall.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Aviles was unable to escape the collapsing dirt of the sidewall of the trench and was later found.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 17 Jan. 2021
  • But if the puncture hole is too large, or the damage is in the sidewall, then self-sealing tires don’t solve the problem.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2019
  • They are marked on the sidewall and in your owner's manual.
    — Bob Beacham, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • The key is to remove some material from the sidewall and tread.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The interior rivets are coated and flush with the sidewall of the pan.
    — WIRED, 7 Nov. 2022
  • But there's also a reason why some cars go fast and others flip over the sidewall.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The prototype looks like an old-fashioned tire, but has treads in the middle and no sidewalls.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 5 June 2019
  • Before wheeling south on Vine Street, the large group split into two to fill sidewalls on both sides of Vine.
    — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 8 July 2017
  • The vamp is longer (which means the tongue comes up slightly higher on your foot), the toe box is narrower, and the black line around the sidewall is now white.
    — Jake Woolf, GQ, 20 June 2017
  • With the right tools on hand—and assuming the debris isn’t in the sidewall of your tire—you’ll be able to temporarily patch the tire and get home.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2023
  • In a subtle jab at its cross-town rival, Ford had Goodyear scrub the name Wrangler from the outer sidewall of those tires.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 28 July 2021
  • Banged near the sidewall, Kane was on the ice, his wrist exposed, when it was sliced open by one of ex-Oiler Pat Maroon’s skate blades.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Pump to a few psi short of the maximum inflation listed on the tire sidewall.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 July 2020
  • Booher was jerked off his feet, fell and hit his head and was trapped between a boat and a concrete sidewall as the ride continued.
    — Ryan J. Foley, ajc, 6 July 2021
  • Its aerosol Foaming Tire Cleaner cuts through brake dust and routs road grime to prepare the sidewalls for step two, dressing the tires.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2019
  • With the tire lying flat, slide it under the car so the sidewall is beneath the sturdiest low point of the underbody.
    — Car and Driver, 11 July 2020
  • In Queens, one person was pronounced dead due to a partial collapse of a sidewall of a building.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Peace progresses its layout beyond the vis-a-vis sidewall sofa/kitchen floor plan that's become a staple of early ID.
    — New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
  • This 8-foot tent folds conveniently into a case and has three sidewalls to protect you from wind or rain while providing easy access for people to move in and out.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2024

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