hairpin

Example Sentences

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He was on course to improve on his final run but locked up into the hairpin and lost time.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Seeing the hairpin turns up close revealed why the Grand Prix is one of the world’s most adrenaline-pumping races.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

George handed the hairpin to Ron and, a moment later, Hedwig soared joyfully out of the window to glide alongside them like a ghost.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling