How to Use ignition in a Sentence

ignition

noun

• There's a problem with the car's ignition.
• The car was packed for that trip and Mark had the key in the ignition when Cindy ran out the front door.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
• The key was in the ignition and the vehicle was in park.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
• Turn both cars off and take the keys out of the ignition. Open both front hoods.
  — Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
• To start, simply push the ignition button on the side, and the grill is ready to go.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2023
• The victim left the keys in the ignition and ran away as one of the robbers drove off with the car.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2021
• The lights were on, the keys were in the ignition and the front passenger side door was locked.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
• Still, the schoolgirl jumped from the back seat and pulled the key from the ignition, stopping the car from rolling.
  — Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
• The ignition switch is on the dash rather than the steering column.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• Jason finds a car with the keys left in the ignition and drives them both to his home.
  — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 29 May 2024
• There is, though, an ignition point, beyond the moment, for the doubt, for the fire and the flames.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Jan. 2022
• Her car was found abandoned in Oakley with the key in the ignition and the door open.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
• The car was parked behind Wendy’s with the ignition on.
  — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
• So now, the fire or the ignition of the passion is not easy to put out anymore.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 July 2022
• Angelenos pull up to the strip mall, the taco stand, the donut shop, turn off the ignition and stay a while.
  — The Editors, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
• Schrauth fled the house and got into the son’s car, which was left with the keys in the ignition and door open, the release said.
  — Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2021
• Tony eyes Haiden, grabbing the key ring, still in the ignition, but doesn’t turn it.
  — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
• The car’s steering column was peeled and the ignition punched out.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2023
• The worker left his keys in the ignition and the engine running.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2024
• Two cruisers wedged the SUV in as an officer put the car in park and took the keys out of the ignition.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 27 May 2021
• If the light really is the ABS light, the first thing to try is turning the ignition key off and back on.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2021
• Ice buildup was seen during the live stream of the launch with no sign of the normal ignition of the stage’s second burn.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
• The ignition lock was damaged and the cab light in the interior of the truck was shattered.
  — cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• Officers found the key in the ignition of the red Jeep stopped on the side of the road, and its owner spread across the back seat, sleeping.
  — cleveland, 9 Mar. 2022
• Staveley’s car doors were unlocked, the key was in the ignition, and the 53-year-old’s shoes were neatly laid out.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• The car was shut off but the keys in the ignition, and police noticed vomit on the ground outside.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
• As Balinger tells the man in the pickup not to move, the man starts the ignition and throws the vehicle into reverse, the video shows.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
• This is a song about J-Hope’s own ignition of my own passion.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 July 2022
• There are devices that serve as a breathalyzer for a car that connect to the car’s ignition and measure the alcohol content in the breath of the operator.
  — Patricia Fersch, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
• Disable the vehicle by chocking the wheels, placing the gearshift in park and removing the ignition key and/or disconnecting the 12V battery.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024