How to Use back seat in a Sentence

back seat

noun

• It’s time for the sweaters and coats still in your closet to take a back seat.
  — Jaclyn Alexandra Cohen, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 May 2022
• The pipe bomb was found on the floor of the Honda’s back seat.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
• They were held at a Russian checkpoint for an hour and a half, while the girl sat in the back seat.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2022
• On the flip side, anyone who has spent time in the back seat of a two-door Wrangler probably won't be raising their hand again.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 25 May 2022
• Hernandez was in the back seat of a Toyota Corolla that was stopped on the right side of the road with its hazard lights on.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
• Bone-rattling roller coasters are taking a back seat at Central Florida’s theme parks.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2022
• Those lighter – and vastly more important – elements take a back seat in Season 4, much to the detriment of the series..
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022
• Front and back seat legroom is spacious and storage areas for cupholders, smartphones, sunglasses, and other personal items are plentiful.
  — James Raia, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
• Pandemic pay took a back seat early in the pandemic, as the administration and unions focused on other priorities.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2022
• He was born in Chicago on Christmas Day 1958 in the back seat of an Oldsmobile on the way to the hospital.
  — Leigh Montville, WSJ, 26 May 2022
• At one point, the video shows the man unbuckling his seatbelt and laying down in the back seat, before an officer opens the door and begins punching and elbowing the man's head repeatedly.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
• The incident began when a deputy on patrol saw Brodie and the kidnapped woman sleeping in the back seat of a car in the motel parking lot, the GBI said.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 27 May 2022
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 3 Aug. 2023
• Just get in the habit of always looking in the back seat of a car.
  — Erin Chan Ding, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
• 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 agents handcuffed Salinas and led him to the back seat of one of the unmarked cars.
  — Washington Post, 3 June 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
• The woman, riding in the back seat, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 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
• Then in Queens, police found a man in the back seat of a car with gunshot wounds to the neck and chest.
  — Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 10 July 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024