How to Use cockpit in a Sentence

cockpit

noun
  • The cockpit and cabin then crashed into a roadway and a guardrail and were consumed by fire.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022
  • In previous years, drivers sat in an open cockpit with their heads exposed.
    Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
  • There’s also a toilet compartment and sink in a walk-through between the cockpit and bow.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 24 June 2022
  • The one that resonates with me most is a day early in production when Tom was first going out in the F-18 to start doing some of his cockpit footage.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2022
  • This involved removing the D-Type’s large headrest fairing, iconic tail fin, and center cockpit divider.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The captains of industry have a warning from the cockpit: Fasten your seatbelts, there’s economic turbulence ahead.
    Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2022
  • Although McCubbin did get an up-close look at the old, familiar plane, the heat of the day prevented him from climbing all the steps to get into the cockpit.
    Olivia Morley, ajc, 5 June 2022
  • Maverick is full of cutting-edge filmmaking that transports audiences into the cockpit of an F18.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2022
  • The nose and the cockpit were placed on top of a gimbal.
    Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
  • The roomy cockpit seats two kids (or one kid and a ton of toys).
    Paul Kita, Men's Health, 9 May 2023
  • In 2016, Stevens turned the cockpit over to Philip Lowe, who at the time seemed a steady hand.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The cockpit is snug for two, but it's lined with leather and faux suede.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 14 Mar. 2023
  • At the end of the hourlong flight, Kendall climbed out of the cockpit grinning.
    Tara Copp, Fortune, 4 May 2024
  • There are a whole bunch of buttons on the wheel, hand controls in the cockpit.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, in the cockpit, all eyes were trained on the horizon.
    Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The two pilots wrestled with Emerson and were able to get him out of the cockpit.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Hortense sat in the back, so her daughter could sit in the cockpit next to the pilot.
    Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2022
  • When that occurs, the pilots can leave the cockpits and oversight can be from the ground.
    Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The cockpit is edged in Kevlar, which won’t splinter like the carbon-fiber hull if there’s a crash.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
  • That includes the immersive feel of the cockpit and ship flight and ship AI.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Chuck Yeager sat in the cockpit as the ur-pilot, the epitome of the Right Stuff.
    Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
  • When traveling at speeds over 28 mph, a six-inch hood flap opens and forces the air up and over the cockpit.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Once a driver is in the cockpit — a student might weigh around 100 pounds — teams place weights in the car to meet the threshold.
    Bernard Mokam Gabriela Bhaskar, New York Times, 11 May 2024
  • The large cockpit offers plenty of space for a long day of fishing.
    Ben Duchesney, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The flight crew on the plane had been able to put out the fire, but there was still smoke in the cockpit, according to Prosswimmer.
    Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The first Premier launched in 1943 as Breitling’s concept of taking the chronograph out of the cockpit and putting it on the wrist.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 19 July 2023
  • The near full-width doors at the rear connect the cockpit seamlessly to the indoor area in warm weather.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The radiator is mounted up front and the coolant pipes pass through the cockpit at the bottom of the backbone.
    Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Her pregnancy, and the birth of their daughter, takes her out of her beloved cockpit.
    Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • After a plane’s captain is sucked out of a hole in the cockpit created by a midair collision, the passengers have to tend to each other with some emergency telemedical guidance.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024

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