How to Use cockpit in a Sentence
cockpit
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The nose and the cockpit were placed on top of a gimbal.
—Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
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The roomy cockpit seats two kids (or one kid and a ton of toys).
—Paul Kita, Men's Health, 9 May 2023
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In 2016, Stevens turned the cockpit over to Philip Lowe, who at the time seemed a steady hand.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
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The cockpit is snug for two, but it's lined with leather and faux suede.
—Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 14 Mar. 2023
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At the end of the hourlong flight, Kendall climbed out of the cockpit grinning.
—Tara Copp, Fortune, 4 May 2024
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The body is hinged at the front to allow the pilot access to the cockpit.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2021
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There are a whole bunch of buttons on the wheel, hand controls in the cockpit.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
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Just make sure there isn’t a giant snake in the cockpit.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2022
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Meanwhile, in the cockpit, all eyes were trained on the horizon.
—Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
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Alarms from the cockpit can be heard blaring in the recording.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2022
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On a split screen, viewers could see what Banger saw from the cockpit.
—The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
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The first black box, the cockpit voice recorder, was found on March 23, while the flight data recorder was found March 27.
—Gio Benitez, ABC News, 17 May 2022
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The impact heaved her from the cockpit and flipped Parker’s kayak too.
—New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
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The two pilots wrestled with Emerson and were able to get him out of the cockpit.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
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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
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When that occurs, the pilots can leave the cockpits and oversight can be from the ground.
—Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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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
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That includes the immersive feel of the cockpit and ship flight and ship AI.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
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In the cockpit The driver gets a bunch of clever features to control the Ioniq 9.
—New Atlas, 21 Nov. 2024
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Chuck Yeager sat in the cockpit as the ur-pilot, the epitome of the Right Stuff.
—Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
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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
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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
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The large cockpit offers plenty of space for a long day of fishing.
—Ben Duchesney, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
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Every part of the cockpit is utilized, and not just to conserve weight.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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But while the board acknowledged that the aircraft’s handling problems contributed to the crash, board members ultimately placed the blame on the shoulders of the two-member cockpit crew.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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The cockpit ergonomics are spot-on, with plenty of physical controls rather than relegating everything to a touchscreen.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
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