How to Use bench seat in a Sentence

bench seat

noun
  • The caravan’s queen-sized bed takes up much of the interior, but there’s still enough room for a two-person lounge with a pair of bench seats that can be converted to a dinette or additional sleeping berth if necessary.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
  • Bucket seats are in the first two rows and a third row is a bench seat.
    Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Two of the Tron trains are outfitted with more of a bench seat for the back row.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Walk-in showers with grab bars and a bench seat in the shower are a must.
    Iris Van Rynbach, courant.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The video jurors viewed also showed a floor mat on the van floor in front of the rear bench seat.
    David Owens, courant.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Keeping the fridge out of the kitchen left just enough room for a small bench seat and table.
    Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 5 Aug. 2021
  • In the gun rack behind the bench seat was a small shotgun and a big rifle.
    Steve Russell, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2017
  • In a game that featured 12 lead changes and nine ties, this slugfest had both sides of the gym on the edge of their bench seats.
    Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 28 Feb. 2020
  • That's why the three-person rear bench seat is a $300 option.
    Pete Lyons, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023
  • In the Europe-spec ID.Buzz, the second row is a bench seat with no armrests.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Cox, whose wrists are handcuffed behind his back, gets back on the bench seat that runs along the side of the van.
    CNN, 29 June 2022
  • There is a three-person bench seat in the third row, and dual bucket seats in the front.
    star-telegram, 30 June 2018
  • Psalm could be seen piled in the back on a bench seat with siblings Chicago, 5, and Saint, 7, and his cousins.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
  • The bench seat of one picnic table was 19 inches from the edge, and the one next to it was 20 inches from the edge.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022
  • The sconce is an old railroad light, and the custom bench seat is topped with reclaimed wood.
    Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The bench seat cushion and stainless steel legs give it a streamlined look.
    Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The center console can slide back and forth, and the rear bench seat also slides and reclines.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2021
  • If the seat is all one long cushion, that's considered a tight seat or a bench seat.
    Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 27 May 2020
  • Tua Tagovailoa, using one crutch instead of a cart, walked the grounds for a bit and even rode the bench seat on the carousel.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 30 Dec. 2019
  • One of the three upstairs bedrooms has a bank of windows fronted by a bench seat.
    oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2022
  • In June 2020, Karen Rhodes-Johnson looked into her cellphone from the gray bench seat of her truck.
    Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The boat’s lone helm is also in this space, with a comfortable bench seat for the captain and a mate to starboard.
    Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The car seat cover style that protects your vehicle the most is the hammock style, which shields the rear bench seat, footwells, and even the back of the front seats.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 26 Feb. 2020
  • At that point, Plush had been pinned by the rear bench seat in his Honda Odyssey for more than 20 minutes and was struggling to breathe.
    Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The state park put roofs over the cars and double-sided wooden bench seats lengthwise down the centers.
    Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
  • In place of the single bench seat, there are now three-across bucket seats with a second row behind.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The bench seats look like small church pews, with intricate carvings along the top rails and seats that lift up for storage.
    Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Nearby, Junior Frantz Cazeau, 28, sat outside his house on a bench seat that had been ripped from a car.
    Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The two main styles of dog car seat covers are bench seat covers and hammock seat covers.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The original front and rear bench seats have been retained and are upholstered in a deep red leather.
    Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 20 Mar. 2018

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