flat tire
Example Sentences
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And this was an especially good flat tire, because there were seven kids in the car-pool station wagon, and four of them started to cry—not Sam, of course.
From Literature
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In 1967, Marta Becket, a professional ballet dancer from New York, serendipitously got a flat tire nearby and fell in love.
From Los Angeles Times
I don’t know if he’s out of gas, has a busted radiator, flat tires or is suffering from dementia.
From Salon
Last Thanksgiving, AAA responded to nearly 600,000 emergency roadside assistance calls for issues such as empty fuel tanks, dead batteries, and flat tires.
From Barron's
We also help each other out if anything goes wrong—a flat tire or something.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.