How to Use airbag in a Sentence

airbag

noun
  • The airbag must be turned off or the child seat must be placed in the rear.
    Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Investigators said the victim was not wearing her seat belt and the car’s airbags did not deploy.
    Robin Goist, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The police report indicated that the driver was texting at the time of the crash, which also deployed the front airbag in the Lexus.
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The minerals mined in Alaska can turn up in some surprising places as well -- like your car, where the sensor that triggers your airbag is made of rust-proof gold.
    Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Adams was buried in snow at least 6 feet deep and was found with an avalanche beacon, avalanche probe and his airbag inflated, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020
  • The person inside the vehicle fleeing police also suffered minor head trauma from the airbag deploying, Capt.
    Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Toyota said in a statement Tuesday the issue has to do with an electronic control unit designed to get signals from crash sensors, in order to deploy airbags and tighten seat belts.
    Anna Gunther, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Both the passenger's and driver's side airbags deployed, but the suspect was not injured, according to LMPD.
    Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2020
  • And after the large-scale application of both airbags and antilock brakes in the early 2000s, even entry-level cars have the baseline safety stuff for modern driving.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The car rolled over and the airbags deployed in the crash.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The car’s axle was bent and an airbag had been deployed.
    cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The van's tires were blown and an airbag had been deployed.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The safest place for the convertible car seat is in the back seat, away from airbags.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Japan has been a leader of airbag use for more than a decade.
    New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The airbag in your car is based on the same principle to keep you safe—or safer—in a crash.
    Rhett Allain, Wired, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The blow crunched the hood of the Nissan and set off the airbags, but no underride had occurred.
    A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
  • The suspect also stole the airbag, horn and $5 in coins from the vehicle.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
  • At the house, the officer found the car to be disabled, its airbag deployed.
    cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • An airbag pack to increase your chances of staying near the surface of an avalanche.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Meanwhile, Greene said, there are more vehicles on the road with the same faulty airbag.
    Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 22 June 2023
  • Coffay crawled out from behind and airbag and ran into the woods.
    Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The steering wheel jerked to the right, then to the left, and the airbags deployed seconds before the car jumped the curb and slammed into the business.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The airbag had exploded and deployed black powder that hung in the air.
    Ariana Giorgi, Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • The height of the fall is determined by factors like the wind, which can pull a jumper away from the airbag he's supposed to hit on the ground.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 May 2024
  • The two-seater’s airbags also appear to have gone off in the collision.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Pull it, and an airbag will release that keeps you afloat in a raging wave of snow and vapor.
    Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2021
  • The car had driver’s side damage and its airbag had deployed.
    cleveland, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The woman swerved to avoid the other car and veered off the right side of the road striking the fire hydrant, which caused her airbags to deploy.
    cleveland, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Others likened the avant garde shape of Kendall's look to a scrunchie, a car airbag, a marshmallow, or a comforter.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 27 June 2023
  • The airbag didn’t deploy in an accident, and the results were deadly.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024

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