accident-prone
Example Sentences
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Nearly 300 episodes, which aired during the 1990s and 2000s, showed the hapless, accident-prone brothers uttering their catchphrase "To me, to you" as they caused chaos everywhere they went.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Under the accident-prone and professorial Ishiba, disastrous elections left the LDP short of a majority in both houses of parliament.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
It was a great pleasure to cast my vote for Tyler, who has already managed to secure street-safety improvements in the accident-prone intersection in front of his own home.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2024
With his Conservative Party trailing badly in opinion polls, and after an accident-prone start to the general election campaign, Mr. Sunak is already under significant pressure.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024
Not only to insure the survival of one accident-prone small boy, but to insure my family’s survival, my own birth.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
