How to Use back seat in a Sentence

back seat

noun
Definition of back seatnext
  • Judging by the photos in the auction ad, back seat room looks pretty slim.
    — Logan Carter / Jalopnik, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Simpson sat in the back seat during a low-speed getaway chase that lasted for two hours.
    — The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The woman and the girl got into the back seat together; the man got behind the wheel.
    — Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • In the back seat were a satin pillow (for napping) and sequin jackets (for a drag show later).
    — J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • My 6-foot-3 (1.9 m) stature had so much room in the latest E Class' back seat, and the same went for up front.
    — Peter Nelson, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Mason has to get out of his wheelchair, balance himself against his minivan – which is equipped to hold his wheelchair in the back seat – and hoist the chair in himself.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 2 July 2024
  • That means the safety of every worker, every driver, every sibling or spouse riding as a passenger, every child in the back seat.
    — Aruna Miller, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
  • One of the counts pertains to the boy; the other concerns her 3-year-old, who was unsecured in the back seat, according to charging documents.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • In a second interview, Bender told authorities a man threatened him with a gun and forced him to sit in the back seat of his car during the robbery, the release states.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Brooks, who was 19, was in the back seat of the suspects' car when she was allegedly raped and let out on the side of a busy, four-lane highway, where she was fatally struck by an oncoming car.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • One of the passengers thrown from the vehicle died, and two others were transported to a hospital along with the survivor who remained in the vehicle’s back seat, Russo said.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
  • The children snuggled tightly in the back seat, braving the cold in a beat-up Honda sedan Mr. Aguilar had found on Facebook for $800.
    — Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 8 July 2024
  • According to a probable cause affidavit filed in the case, a deputy found the back seats of the Lewis' vehicle folded down and found the body wrapped in a bed sheet, blanket, a futon-style mattress and a tarp.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 25 June 2024
  • According to the prosecution, the officers then handcuffed Monica and Baker and put them in the back seat of a police car, which was wired for sound so that they could be recorded.
    — Gabriella Demirdjian, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In the parking lot outside, Je’Shawn played in the back seat of the car.
    — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Musa, who was in the back seat, met with Miller from the window, the charges said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The back seats were done away with simply to save weight.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Lawrence was sitting in the back seat when he was shot.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The children sat in the back seat of the car as their parents spoke in code.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The safest place for the convertible car seat is in the back seat, away from airbags.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Je’Shawn, his cousin and another friend rode in the back seat.
    — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The downside is a tight back seat with just enough space to cram in two tall adults.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Charlie Harris, 71, was in the front seat of the Cobalt that was struck and a 7-year-old boy was in the back seat.
    — The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Two migrants were in the back seat and three others were in the trunk, per CBP.
    — The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There were two persons in the back seat who then went into the front seat.
    — cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Two of her children were in the back seat and witnessed the shooting.
    — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Also in the back seat was a 4-year-old, who was not injured.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The bones of one man were found in the back seat on top of the bones of his beloved golden retriever.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Cuddling in the back seat of his Jeep, my head was against his chest, his arms around me.
    — Reina Abrevaya, Los Angeles Times, 16 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

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