How to Use on the aisle in a Sentence

on the aisle

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  • The son’s seat is on the aisle, the father next to him.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 19 July 2022
  • Here, in no order at all, are a few of the projects that have me eager to be back in a seat on the aisle.
    Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Lizzie has a quirky aversion to sitting on the aisle — the critic’s perch — so she’s seen every show from the orchestra, one seat in.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Behind me, two couples claimed all of Row 20 — husbands in the windows, wives on the aisle — passing a bag of candy back and forth.
    New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
  • But what further sets them apart from the rest of the cereals on the aisle is the two companies have infused actual caffeine.
    Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
  • In an instant, Reyes found herself on the aisle floor, staring up at caved-in ceiling panels and a cracked bathroom sign that was hanging.
    Ben Finley, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • His row was empty except for a Secret Service agent sitting on the aisle and others stationed around the sanctuary.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Dec. 2020
  • On some of its planes, Lufthansa still has two abreast configurations in business class, forcing window seat passengers to clamber over their neighbor on the aisle.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
  • If every seat at AMC actually delivered an amazing customer experience, would we be getting dinged for a seat in row 6 on the aisle?
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2023

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