Sentence examples for collided from inspiring English sources

The word "collided" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe when two objects crash into each other. For example: "The two cars collided in the intersection."

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collided

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They also involved several deteriorating patients – including a child – who received "sub-optimal care" before they died; an unexplained "patient accident outside A&E where a wheelchair collided with a van causing patient injury"; several unexpected deaths; medication errors; two newborns dying unexpectedly; and a failure to properly safeguard a vulnerable child and an adult.

Euromaidan was a delayed echo of the social unrest wave, driven by the country's economic failure; it collided with a diplomatic situation that was already fractious over Syria.

Four riders were airlifted to hospital on Tuesday when a carriage full of passengers collided at speed with a test car that had come to a halt on the £18m ride.

Where mainstream politicians have collided with issues such as GamerGate – which promotes and justifies the violent harassment of women in the computer games industry – there are always "policy" answers: you can outlaw online harassment, refocus police priorities to protect the victims, etc.

Balch, from Leyland in Lancashire, was among four people who suffered serious leg injuries after two carriages on the Smiler rollercoaster ride collided at the Staffordshire theme park on Tuesday.

She needed an idea, and the two thoughts collided.

The carriage full of thrill-seekers collided at speed with a test car that had come to a halt on the £18m Smiler ride at the Staffordshire attraction on Tuesday, leaving a total of 16 people hurt and suspended 25ft in the air at a 45-degree angle.

In elections in France on Sunday, in the Royal Palace in The Hague on Monday, and on Wenceslas Square in Prague on Saturday, a democratic backlash appeared to be gathering critical mass as the economic prescriptions of the governing class collided with the street and the ballot box.

Her new partner was killed two months ago in a traffic accident; a drunk driver coming the wrong way down the street collided with their car.

My social networks followed me into the war and collided with others – a reminder that warfare has become newly alive with information.

A media storm erupted as cynicism about contemporary art and celebrity culture collided with stereotypes about sexual assault; columnists, bloggers and social media users clashed over whether the alleged crime was a publicity stunt or part of the performance art.

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