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Sentence Examples The accident serves as a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt. The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety. Investigators are trying to establish if anyone knew about these problems before the accident. Their rash actions resulted in a serious accident that could have killed someone. She got into a car accident while driving through a dangerous intersection. The scholar thinks the quote and the parable were spoken on different occasions and only by accident were brought together here. I still feel an occasional twinge in my leg from the accident. The accident serves as a grim reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving. Wearing a seatbelt greatly reduces the risk of injury or death in a car accident. The biggest tragedy here is that the accident could have easily been prevented. The government has instigated an investigation into the cause of the accident. What conflicts do exist between them derive from misunderstanding and accident. His partner, his wife of 20 years, was shocked to hear about his accident. While under hypnosis, she described the horrific accident in detail. The driver's wife and two other passengers were injured in the accident. He had a steel plate put in his shoulder after the accident. He gave a satisfactory account of how the accident had happened. There were discrepancies between their accounts of the accident. Someone needs to repair that worn-out old bridge. It's an accident waiting to happen! Two years and one month ago I broke my neck in a car accident. I made it through but just barely. I came real close to cashing in my chips. Show More Sentences The police cleared the crowd out of the street to investigate the accident. There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could. A university can confer a degree upon a distinguished man because it can judge whether his degreeless condition is due to accident or not. I saw an accident and a girl was lying on the pavement and her derms were all hanging out. The accident was due to the breaking of one of the blades of the propeller on the left side. To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop. He helped his daughter out financially, paying her rent and utilities, until she recovered from the accident. The accident left the contents of a flatbed trailer scattered across all three lanes. The reference line is a straight line that runs the length of the accident site, such as a fog line on a straight road. Even though I know what happened with my brother was a freak accident, I wish I had made choices that would have led to a different outcome. A freak accident during basic training left his son crushed beneath the body of an overturned supply truck. After his toe was severed in an accident, he had to buy orthopedic innersoles for his shoes. He suffered severe emotional distress as a result of the accident. I pray to God that no one was seriously injured in the accident. She filled out a police report at the scene of the accident. A small cluster of people had gathered at the scene of the accident. It was a while after the accident before she could walk again. Early reports implied that the judge's death was not an accident. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident. The accident underlines our need for better safety procedures. Show More Sentences He was negligent in not reporting the accident to the police. He was in a wheelchair for several months after the accident. We are receiving a live transmission from the scene of the accident. Seventy five Welsh fans and five crew died in the accident, at the time it was the world's worst air disaster. He did remarry, to Yolande de Dreux, but died shortly afterwards as the result of an accident on 19 March 1286 without any children by her. On 28 April, a fortnight before his death, Smith had visited the same accident and emergency department to campaign against its proposed closure. Exercise Evening Star is the annual test of the emergency response routines to a nuclear weapon accident at Faslane. A fatal accident inquiry later blamed a buildup of slush in the aircraft's engines before the crash. The accident was blamed on poor visibility owing to smoke and steam under the Park Street Bridge. The accident was blamed on a lack of track circuiting and no proper indication of when platforms were occupied. Sometimes the smoking gun is discovered by a fortunate accident during other research. In December 2016, a serious accident was narrowly averted by the alertness of a driver. He said the accident was caused by a faulty trigger, but I think it was the nut behind the bolt. A month later, Barry Cawley, who had been a roadie for the band since it originally formed was killed in a road accident in North Wales. His father was a coal miner who lost a leg in a pit accident but continued working as a lift operator at the mine until his death. This leads to on average one serious accident happening every eight years worldwide. Once a facility is decommissioned, there should no longer be any danger of a radioactive accident or to any persons visiting it. I'm sure he backed into the hedge on accident, but the hedge and the car are both a mess now. Christopher Awdry, for whom the stories were first devised, continued writing the stories almost by accident. The Kings Bay Affair, caused by the 1962 accident killing 21 workers, forced Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet to resign. Show More Sentences This was in turn struck down by a referendum following the Fukushima nuclear accident. The accident rate dropped sharply after the change, but soon rose back to near its original level. It is estimated that during 1982, US coal burning released 155 times as much radioactivity into the atmosphere as the Three Mile Island accident. The location of the accident is supposed to be somewhere near Sutton Bridge, on the River Nene. The accident greatly accelerated the practice of providing living accommodations on separate platforms, away from those used for extraction. Coincidently, the film crew had been documenting the rescue teams at Lossiemouth at the time of the Piper Alpha accident. The accident happened in rough weather while the tanker Navion Britannica was loading oil from a storage buoy, according to the operator Statoil. On 21 May 2010, a man died and another suffered serious injuries following an accident at Parkeston Quay, Harwich. Accident reports provide a very detailed analysis of one specific accident and recommendations to parties involved. The BMW initially performed well until it came last in the evaluation test, revealing badly repaired accident damage. The various locations seem fragmented and isolated, but that characteristic may be an accident of discovery. Until the 1854 conference, the widespread presumption was that the discovery had been an accident. William's second son, Richard, had died in a hunting accident, leaving Henry and his two brothers to inherit William's estate. In an unfortunate case of an accident, high pollution is a risk as a ship may carry thousands of tonnes of fuel for her own consumption. However, these tended to have a high accident rate, and the public's interest rapidly waned. An accident took place on 15 April 1871 when two trains collided head on in the single line section near Sandown. Any deviancy is not the result of accident but indicates an unusual motive of the writer. Ships losses should not be confused with crew losses from disease, deprivation, accident, combat and desertion. In 1142, John returned to press his claims to Antioch, but he died in the spring of 1143 following a hunting accident. This unfortunate accident has upset me. I have a horrible presentiment that something of the kind may happen to me. Show More Sentences When Lancelot's party raids the execution, many knights are killed, including, by accident, Gareth and Gaheris. It covers accommodation, food, medical benefits and accident insurance, school fees, and examination fees. The defendant then struck the deceased with an axe which was an accident of availability. The age of the client is important especially when dealing with fatal accident claims or permanent injuries. In fatal accident claims, generally the younger deceased, the greater the dependency claim by the partner and children. For example, someone who has a bad back is injured in the back in a car accident. He must prove the pain is caused by the car accident, and not the natural progression of the previous problem with the back. One, the onus of proving that it was an accident and not premeditated murder was on Nanavati. The screw propeller was introduced in 1835 by Francis Pettit Smith who discovered a new way of building propellers by accident. As with biomechanics, the majority of traffic accident reconstructionists work primarily for insurance industry. The Benxihu Colliery accident in China on April 26, 1942, killed 1,549 miners. Davy seriously injured himself in a laboratory accident with nitrogen trichloride. Meanwhile, back at Parkside the other seven trains had come to a halt following the accident. The remaining passengers and railway staff congregated near the accident site to discuss how best to proceed. On the 6th of March 1865 a very melancholy accident befell a lad named Joseph Foden about 13 years of age. Five days after the accident communication was possible and the rescuers worked in darkness to avoid the risk of a firedamp explosion. She knew she had thought out loud by accident, but it was too late to re-nig on her comment. The restoration of Mughal rule began after Humayun's triumphant return from Persia in 1555, but he died from a fatal accident shortly afterwards. The climb up or down from the summit plateau onto Swirral Edge is another well known accident spot. After he lost his master in a road accident with a truck, he was sold to the laboratory. Show More Sentences Near the end of the story, it is revealed that Wood survived the accident and is recovering slowly in a hospital. A few local versions of the story attribute the hands to an unnamed man who died in an accident on the road. The driver was so busy rubbernecking, trying to get a good view of the accident, that he was almost part of another accident. The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars. This accident sometimes occasions a flaw in the diamond, and always damages the skive, by tearing up its surface. The conman staged the car accident so he could collect the insurance money. The particles themselves must have an interior and gravitative being, and the multeity must be a removable or at least suspensible accident. As a result of a childhood accident, my sister was hearing-impaired and had to wear a hearing aid. Others cannot accept that a suicide or an auto accident was not a hitjob by the Ku Klux Klan. The Marshall University plane crash was an all-fatal, horrific hull-loss accident. His obesity and other medical problems can be traced from the jousting accident in 1536, in which he suffered a leg wound. Alexander had himself remarried, but in early 1286 he died in an accident while riding home. For example, in a case of an auto accident, the plaintiff cannot sue first for property damage, and then personal injury in a separate case. Alexander III's unexpected death in a riding accident in 1286 precipitated a major succession crisis. Five crew members of both the Arkendale H and Wastdale H died in the accident. Victory at the 1955 Le Mans was overshadowed by it being the occasion of the worst motorsport accident in history. The accident caused all training to be halted on 25 June, and all flights halted on 3 July. In 1813, when Davy damaged his eyesight in an accident with nitrogen trichloride, he decided to employ Faraday as an assistant. This accident prompted Parliament to pass the 1844 Railway Regulation Act requiring railway companies to provide better carriages for passengers. The A380 was damaged sufficiently for the event to be classified as an accident. Show More Sentences Investigators acknowledged that the cat's eye bodies occasionally came loose, but added that such an accident was previously unheard of. These included the Hatfield accident, caused by a rail fragmenting due to the development of microscopic cracks. It also makes it harder for rogue ships and barges knocking out both bridges in the same accident. Thus testing at eleven emerged largely as an historical accident, without other specific reasons for testing at that age. At this time the street numbering was changed locally and so the school address, whether by accident or design, became 153 Hammersmith Road. Gertrude interrupts to report that Ophelia has drowned, though it is unclear whether it was suicide or an accident exacerbated by her madness. She asked in what sort of accident I had broken my back, and when I told her that I had been shot down she became much more matey. A defining incident of young Wells's life was an accident in 1874 that left him bedridden with a broken leg. They had a very moving, emotional memorial service for the two popular teen-aged girls who died in a car accident over the weekend. The yearbook had a nice memory page for the teenaged girl who died in a car accident this past winter. The race may also be restarted in the event of a serious accident or dangerous conditions, with the original start voided. The FIA also continually researches new ways to increase safety in the sport, which includes introducing new regulations and accident procedures. The accident put him in a coma for a month, and for six months the left side of his body was partially paralysed. An engine failure forced him to retire from that race and his second, however an accident at his third event at Imola meant he failed to qualify. In Singapore Grand Prix, Hamilton caused an accident with Felipe Massa which left Hamilton needing a new front wing and a drive through penalty. Despite the accident Button still wanted to race, but was withdrawn by his team on medical advice. The Portuguese driver was seriously injured in an accident in testing at Silverstone and Zanardi returned. This form of racing was banned in Great Britain in 1925 due to a spectator accident at the Kop Hill Climb, Buckinghamshire. German workers enjoyed health, accident and maternity benefits, canteens, changing rooms and a national pension scheme. The proportion of patients at accident and emergency seen within four hours fell from 92 per cent to 86 per cent. Show More Sentences Ninewells Hospital, is the only hospital with an accident and emergency department in the area. The principal requested a moment of silence in memory of the two girls who died in a car accident over the weekend. Both May's parents died during this period, her father in a car accident in 1981 and her mother of multiple sclerosis the year after. Jamie Galbraith argues that countries with larger financial sectors have greater inequality, and the link is not an accident. The fallout from the accident clouded BP's corporate image because of the mismanagement at the plant. In June 1958, his son Auberon was severely wounded in a shooting accident while serving with the army in Cyprus. His father and his two brothers, James and Robert, were killed on 10 May 1837 in a mining accident, when the Argoed mine became flooded. It offers no consolation, closure or assurance that this kind of accident will not happen again. Niven returned to Hollywood, and encountered tragedy when his first wife died after falling down in an accident at a party. For the Union Carbide Company, the chemical industry, and other businesses, Bhopal is an unfortunate chain of coincidences, a freak accident, a regrettable loss of lives. The accident was an excuse merely to replace an old-fashioned regular with old-fashioned notions by an active, fire-eating young general who would ginger things up. Singly, they are every one a representation or appearance of some quality, or other accident of a body without us, which is commonly called an object. There are several accident blackspots along the length of the road. Four days later, the aircraft was destroyed in a taxiing accident. A report in the World Briefing column on Friday about a multivehicle accident east of Toronto carried incorrect information from the authorities about the number of dead. However, tin and lead can be smelted by placing the ores in a wood fire, leaving the possibility that the discovery may have occurred by accident. His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident. The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident. Man is no longer an insignificant accident in an immense and indifferent universe, but the very center and foreshoot of the vast evolutionary process. For example, the victim of a road accident does not directly benefit if the driver who injured him is found guilty of the crime of careless driving. Show More Sentences The jousting accident is also believed to have caused Henry's mood swings, which may have had a dramatic effect on his personality and temperament. The case simply featured a traffic accident between the plaintiff and defendant, in which both of them were found to have been driving negligently. I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since. Suspicion soon arose in the threatened city that the fire was no accident. In late summer 2002, whilst the band were on tour in the US, Noel, Bell and touring keyboardist Jay Darlington were involved in a car accident in Indianapolis. Striding Edge is a notorious accident spot among hikers and scramblers. James II continued his father's policies by subduing influential noblemen but he was killed in an accident at the age of thirty, and a council of regents again assumed power. He sketched the accident, sticking to the facts as they had happened. The wound I got in my car accident left behind a massive scar. After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag. Accidental residents occur occasionally when adults and juveniles of species from other environments are carried by accident into the zone by currents. His accident was recorded by the BBC reporters on site at the time. There is, however, no accident and emergency service within this hospital. Crucial lugs for holding tie bars and struts in the Tay Bridge had been cast integral with the columns, and they failed in the early stages of the accident. He was joined there by Dos Passos and in November 1930, after bringing Dos Passos to the train station in Billings, Montana, Hemingway broke his arm in a car accident. However, Smeed's law predicts a fall in accident rate with increasing car ownership and has been demonstrated independently of seat belt legislation. Brown died 10 days after her accident, and to the consternation of her private secretary, Sir Henry Ponsonby, Victoria began work on a eulogistic biography of Brown. Even after the introduction of safety lamps this was still essential information, see Trimdon Grange for details of an accident where pressure was involved. The accident occurred 9 years and 1 day after the Red Falcon collided with the dredger Volvox Hansa in Southampton Water with limited visibility due to fog. This was the world's first fatal accident involving a commercially operated hovercraft, and the first fatal accident involving a hovercraft in the United Kingdom. Show More Sentences A 1947 car accident left Patrick with a head wound and severely ill. Somewhat by accident, the best group of survivals of these is from Rome where, together with Constantinople and Jesusalem, they were presumably at their most magnificent. I hadn't seen her for years, but I ran into her by accident at the store. The Duke of Wellington felt that the remainder of the day's events should be cancelled following the accident at Parkside, and proposed to return to Liverpool. The American colonists could always retreat into the mountains, but the land they left behind would most likely be unusable, whether by accident or design. On 26 April 1986, a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, resulting in the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history. In August 1750, on a journey back from Germany to London, Handel was seriously injured in a carriage accident between The Hague and Haarlem in the Netherlands. Black Sabbath had developed a particularly heavy sound in part due to an industrial accident guitarist Tony Iommi suffered before cofounding the band. Welfare Ministry Secretary Upali Dahanayake, his elderly father, daughter, and a cousin sister died on the spot in a tragic accident in Mahiyangana yesterday. After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left. Thoroughbred racehorses perform with maximum exertion, which has resulted in high accident rates and health problems such as bleeding from the lungs. The FIA worked to improve the sport's safety standards since that weekend, during which Roland Ratzenberger also lost his life in an accident during Saturday qualifying. Possible causes include a drunken accident or deliberate revenge for the burning of the Acropolis of Athens during the Second Persian War by Xerxes. Jochen Rindt is the only posthumous World Champion, after his points total was not overhauled despite his fatal accident at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix. Forced evacuation from a radiological or nuclear accident may lead to social isolation, anxiety, depression, psychosomatic medical problems, reckless behavior, even suicide. The accident was the biggest environmental disaster in Brazil's history. Joseph Sandars also suggested that, did the group not continue, the Manchester crowd would hear rumours of the accident and believe it to be more serious than it was. The real prince Dmitry of Uglich, son of Ivan IV, had been stabbed to death at early age, before his brother Feodor's death, either by accident or by Godunov's order. Hamilton, along with championship leader Fernando Alonso, retired from the Belgian Grand Prix after being involved in a multiple car accident on the first corner of the race. The Russian community has also experienced two air accidents, Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, which killed 141 people, and the Heerodden helicopter accident. Show More Sentences As Wellington's makeshift train slowly headed towards Manchester, it was accompanied along the route by cheering crowds, still unaware of the accident. Furthermore, for motorcycles the accident rates have increased significantly since the end of the 1990s, while the rates have dropped for passenger cars. Shortly after passing the accident site at Parkside, the train passed a group of uniformed men walking along the railway carrying a variety of objects. He died following a road traffic accident in Warwickshire, England. For decades, nuclear power has played a limited role relative to many other developed countries, in part because of public perception in the wake of a 1979 accident. The accident sent Bahutule into coma straight away. When he came to his senses, he lay in bed with a fractured right femur bone and a crushed left elbow. The facts of the accident, however, are too ambiguous to reek of malice or recklessness. And the drivers involved, flaws and all, are hardly demons. The cause of the accident was determined to be pilot error in heavy fog. Without an earthquake I do not see how such an accident could happen. I relive that horrible accident every night and wake screaming. Overt subterfuge in a region nearly caused a minor accident. For the worst accident in racing history see 1955 Le Mans disaster. Examples from Classical Literature By some accident, it had been left unhasped, and yielded easily to her hand. Now that she had assumed it, though, he could hardly explain that it was an accident. This was clearly an accident, and no one thought of accusing me of any connection with it. Arthur is something of an authority in abnormal psychology, and his report of the accident interested me. Give the patient aconite once in two hours, for a day after the accident. That there were more than one of these latter may be an accident. As there were no bones broken, I blessed the accident and went on deck. But we had an accident, now, and it fetched all the plans to a standstill. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of accident? Words that rhyme with accident What is the plural of accident? What is the adverb for accident? What is the adjective for accident? What is the noun for accident? Translations for accident Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words accidence acciaccatura access to accessory accessorizing accessorized Accident accidental accidentality accidentally accidentals accidently 8-letter Words Starting With a ac acc acci accid accide acciden