How to Use back seat in a Sentence

back seat

noun

• Three men sat in the back seat, and Diana lay on top of them for hours on bumpy roads.
  — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
• Thomas and Jordan, who got out of the back seat, walked into the liquor store.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2022
• Rockwell and another man received minor injuries, and a woman in the back seat of the car was killed.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Mar. 2022
• There was an empty bottle of Hennessy in the back seat of the car, according to police.
  — Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022
• When there is no real deadline, or when the project is long-term—making the deadline so far away the work takes a back seat—structure helps.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• The video shows a white car’s open rear passenger door with a man in the back seat delivering several blows to the canine.
  — Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Apr. 2022
• The suspect got in the back seat of the car and paid the driver, according to police, but the fare quickly turned violent.
  — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2022
• Ideology took a back seat to pursuit of the national interest.
  — Jeffrey Fields, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2022
• Those ambitions took a back seat to the pandemic, as Uber skillfully pivoted to food delivery, but the potential for an all-in-one travel app remains well within reach.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2022
• The pipe bomb was found on the floor of the Honda’s back seat.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
• In the parking lot outside, Je’Shawn played in the back seat of the car.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
• Musa, who was in the back seat, met with Miller from the window, the charges said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2022
• The charred bones of that child are still in the back seat, Mr. Tymchuk said.
  — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
• The back seats were done away with simply to save weight.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
• Lawrence was sitting in the back seat when he was shot.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 3 Aug. 2023
• Just get in the habit of always looking in the back seat of a car.
  — Erin Chan Ding, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
• The children sat in the back seat of the car as their parents spoke in code.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
• It’s time for the sweaters and coats still in your closet to take a back seat.
  — Jaclyn Alexandra Cohen, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 May 2022
• The safest place for the convertible car seat is in the back seat, away from airbags.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 11 July 2023
• In the back seat, Daisy, her chicken, sat in her crate.
  — Arlyssa Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
• Je’Shawn, his cousin and another friend rode in the back seat.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
• The agents handcuffed Salinas and led him to the back seat of one of the unmarked cars.
  — Washington Post, 3 June 2022
• The downside is a tight back seat with just enough space to cram in two tall adults.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2023
• Charlie Harris, 71, was in the front seat of the Cobalt that was struck and a 7-year-old boy was in the back seat.
  — The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2023
• Two migrants were in the back seat and three others were in the trunk, per CBP.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• There were two persons in the back seat who then went into the front seat.
  — cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
• The woman, riding in the back seat, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2022
• Two of her children were in the back seat and witnessed the shooting.
  — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
• The sergeant and a deputy were able to safely put the bird in the back seat of the patrol vehicle to cool down, the post indicated.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
• In joint second place were a second wireless charging pad for the back seats and heated and ventilated seats.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024