How to Use captain's chair in a Sentence
captain's chair
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With the captain's chairs in the second row, getting through to the third row is not much of an ordeal.
— Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2018 -
The bear ran away, and Ure wandered onto the boat and, while bleeding, sat down in the captain's chair.
— Author: Mitch Borden, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2018 -
Second-row captain's chairs will not be offered, and the third row is tight.
— Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 16 Jan. 2020 -
In 1995, Kate Mulgrew became the first woman to sit in the captain's chair in Voyager.
— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Sep. 2017 -
By the time Jean-Luc Picard took the captain's chair, poverty in the 24^th century had been eliminated, as was crime.
— Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2013 -
Anyways, the captain's chair is used for knee-raising ab exercises like in the image shown here.
— Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2012 -
In the gasoline models, the middle bench seat is standard, while the dual captain's chairs are optional.
— G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018 -
The Denali can accommodate eight if the standard captain's chairs are replaced with the available second-row bench seat.
— Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2017 -
The second row, in particular, will seat adults under 6-foot four comfortably, with scads of leg room and a storage bin between the two captain's chairs.
— Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2018 -
There are also a new split/folding second-row seat and second-row captain's chairs that improve on the original Smart Slide feature for that row.
— G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018 -
Because the hybrid had to give up a seating position to the battery pack, which goes under the floor, there are dual captain's chairs in the middle row instead of the normal three-person bench.
— G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018 -
With the captain's chairs in the middle row, included on our test vehicle, the Traverse seats seven, but access to the third row is easier because of the gap between the two middle-row seats.
— G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018 -
Comfort in the second-row captain's chairs is about even in these two models, and both offer chairs with a wide range of adjustability including seatback recline and slide.
— Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2020 -
Advance models can also be equipped with two second-row captain's chairs and a center console with two additional USB ports for third-row passengers.
— Terry Troy, cleveland.com, 4 Nov. 2017 -
The Advance package includes a six-seat configuration with the midrow captain's chairs separated by a storage console with cup holder.
— Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2017 -
Besides the standard eight-passenger setup, the Armada can be configured for seven passengers by replacing the standard three-person second-row bench with two captain's chairs ($450 extra).
— G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 12 Jan. 2018
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