passenger seat

noun

: the front seat of a vehicle (such as a car) where a passenger sits

Examples of passenger seat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Investigators located a Sig Sauer gun case in the passenger seat of the vehicle and a box of ammunition in the center console of the vehicle. Solcyré Burga, TIME, 15 May 2024 Related Articles During Wednesday’s hearing, the defense said Karol-Chik sat in the car’s front passenger seat and handed Koenig — who was driving — the large landscaping rock that Koenig threw at Bartell, killing her. Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 15 May 2024 The amateur video was shot from the perspective of a man in the front passenger seat and shows the officer pulling up in a white car. Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 14 May 2024 Instead, the brother said the family called Smith, who took the box away in the passenger seat of his Corvette. Smith's brother agreed to speak with him in another recorded phone call. Christina Coulter, Fox News, 5 May 2024 When Ashley recently became the school’s assistant director of student success, Eyer made the 40-minute lunchtime drive from their Concord home to campus — Taco Bell in the passenger seat. Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024 The automaker warns that this defect can increase the risk of an injury to an individual in the front passenger seat in a crash, Toyota said. USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024 The Queen, 76, rode in the passenger seat while the King, 75, sat in the back on the same side, both giving a smile and wave at onlookers. Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024 Gonzalez was in the front passenger seat, though the seat was leaned back to hide him from the hotel employee at the drive-thru window. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024

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“Passenger seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20seat. Accessed 23 May. 2024.

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