How to Use occupant in a Sentence

occupant

noun

• Both of the car's occupants were injured.
• The apartment's previous occupant was a painter.
• The occupant closed the door and contained the fire to the bedroom.
  — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
• The victim was the lone occupant of the home, deputies said.
  — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2022
• The grandmother of the RV’s occupant once lived in a house next to the lot.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• The occupant was able to move from the front seat and escape from the back.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
• The male occupant inside the home went to the back of the apartment balcony.
  — Lillian Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
• The youngest occupant of the car was the six-year-old daughter of the two adults in the vehicle.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2023
• Both Piper and an occupant of the Equinox were pronounced dead on the scene.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
• The driver was the lone occupant of the car, police said.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
• The car with three occupants then hit a guardrail and a tree, OSHP troopers said.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• None of the occupants of the home were injured, police said.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• An occupant of the pickup took cellphone video of the crash.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2023
• When a car pulls up on the road, the two men fire at its occupants and then enter the kibbutz.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• An occupant of the house was alerted by a knock at the door, Robinson said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
• The first loop now is complete and ready for occupants.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
• One of the vehicle’s occupants swam across the creek to shore and was detained there.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 1 Apr. 2023
• Nutt pulled the Honda over and asked both occupants for IDs.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
• After the car hit the house, four occupants in the vehicle jumped out and ran away.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
• The occupants of the Hyundai were not injured, Bessette said.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2024
• Tolliver was the sole occupant in the hotel room, the sergeant said.
  — City News Service, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
• The other occupants of the boat heard Crane fall off and struggled to find him amid the darkness, Troup deputies said.
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 7 June 2023
• Yet each treats its occupants well at 70 mph on the long concrete slab.
  — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
• The research team has also made bold claims about the tomb's occupants.
  — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
• An occupant of the car was a 42-year-old man from Merrimac.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
• Green said there just be might a future White House occupant in their ranks, too.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 18 Jan. 2023
• Drawing his weapon, Carroll ordered the two occupants out of the car.
  — John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
• Two of those vehicles had crashed prior to deputies’ arrival and the occupants fled the scene.
  — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
• The steering wheel can slide into the dashboard and windshield can go opaque while occupants can look up at the stars through the canopy.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• While the architectural details are firmly rooted in the past, the interiors are filled with modern comforts and contemporary accents that nod to the castle’s past occupants.
  — Allix Cott, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024