How do you use the word "accident" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "accident" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "accident": He was still mad about the accident despite his wife's conciliatory words. Did you actually see the accident?

Accident Meaning

/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.

nounAn unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans., casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.

Sentence Examples

He was still mad about the accident despite his wife's conciliatory words.

Did you actually see the accident?

He lost a lot of blood in the accident.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

stroke

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The driver lost control on the icy road and caused a serious ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The car ____ was caused by the icy conditions on the road.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Latin accidō Latin accidēnslbor. Old French accidentbor. Middle English accident English accident First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accident, from Old French accident, from Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”). See cadence, case. In the sense “unintended pregnancy”, first attested in 1932.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, / Of moving accidents by flood and field[…]" — c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

"Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer." — 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

"He also objects to the idea of women arising by an accident of nature, preferring the notion that they came about as a 'result of some strong mental impression', and so 'the sex of the progeny would have been settled by the decision of the progenitor'." — 2008, Celia Deane-Drummond, The Ethics of Nature, page 206:

"And so with his writing, which he proudly said was a perfect counterpart of his life. Accident played a major part in both." — 1991 Autumn, Robert M. Adams, “Montaigne”, in American Scholar, volume 60, number 4, page 589:

"This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea, which is rather the consequence of its being a very ancient site,[…]" — 1883, J. P. Mahaffy, Social life in Greece from Homer to Menander:

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