How to Use airbag in a Sentence

airbag

noun
  • The car’s system can read that cloud to infer that releasing an airbag right now might break the guy’s neck.
    IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2019
  • The air bag is five to eight times the size of a driver airbag, depending on the side of the vehicle.
    Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 10 June 2019
  • The vehicle had damage to the front passenger's side and the airbags were deployed.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2024
  • More: Exterior airbag could be the next big thing in auto safety.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2019
  • Now, when the road is slippery and there are more and more obstacles on the road, VW is taking away this airbag.
    Sophie Kiderlin,sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2024
  • According to MacKay, children do not belong in the front seat because of the risk posed by airbags.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Underneath those beams, traditionally, would be stunt pads or airbags, or the actors would be wearing wires.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The vehicles will also have sensors to prevent collisions and airbags to protect pilots.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 26 June 2019
  • Both women were wearing seat belts and the Porsche’s airbags deployed, CHP officials said.
    Bay City News, The Mercury News, 25 June 2019
  • At an altitude of 2,500 feet, airbags inflated to reduce landing impact forces to the equivalent of walking speed.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Automakers, backed by government safety regulators, have filled cars with features to protect passengers in crashes, like airbags and advanced child restraints.
    Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 2 July 2019
  • The 2009 Malibu, while also a wreck, left its dummy in much better shape, thanks to seatbelts, airbags, and energy-absorbing crash structures.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 May 2019
  • The incident last week resulted in a fire as well as two injuries that were caused when a resulting pressure wave set off airbags in two nearby passenger vehicles, according to Autoweek.
    Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 16 June 2019
  • The car rolled over and the airbags deployed in the crash.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The airbag must be turned off or the child seat must be placed in the rear.
    Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The car rolled over and airbags deployed, the NPS said.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The car’s axle was bent and an airbag had been deployed.
    cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The van's tires were blown and an airbag had been deployed.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The safest place for the convertible car seat is in the back seat, away from airbags.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Japan has been a leader of airbag use for more than a decade.
    New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The airbag in your car is based on the same principle to keep you safe—or safer—in a crash.
    Rhett Allain, Wired, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The blow crunched the hood of the Nissan and set off the airbags, but no underride had occurred.
    A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
  • The suspect also stole the airbag, horn and $5 in coins from the vehicle.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
  • The windshield shattered, the airbags exploded, and the car filled with the smell of fuel.
    Gal Beckerman, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • At the house, the officer found the car to be disabled, its airbag deployed.
    cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • An airbag pack to increase your chances of staying near the surface of an avalanche.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Meanwhile, Greene said, there are more vehicles on the road with the same faulty airbag.
    Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 22 June 2023
  • Coffay crawled out from behind and airbag and ran into the woods.
    Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The steering wheel jerked to the right, then to the left, and the airbags deployed seconds before the car jumped the curb and slammed into the business.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The airbag had exploded and deployed black powder that hung in the air.
    Ariana Giorgi, Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2020

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