extra tire

Example Sentences

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“I got the extra tire put on and the guy was like ‘Where are you headed?,’

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2015

But my patch kit and extra tire tubes are still in their boxes, and I needed few repairs.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2011

The extra tire that had been following along was taken out of the express office and put on.

From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Eddy, Arthur Jerome

In addition to a cycler's ordinary outfit and the before-mentioned small wedge tent I provide myself with a few extra spokes, a cake of tire cement, and an extra tire for the rear wheel.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

Progress," said the professor—"progress in science and mechanics has accomplished it—though, to be exact, we may speak of it only as an extra tire.

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.