How to Use driver's seat in a Sentence

driver's seat

noun
  • Cox though looks to be in the driver's seat for the second spot.
    Harry Enten, CNN, 5 June 2018
  • Some even let the 6-year-old climb into the driver's seat of their squad cars.
    Rebecca Bratek, CBS News, 11 June 2018
  • Barrios, who was in the driver's seat, was shot several times.
    Michela Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 24 May 2018
  • The driver's seat was on the left side, rather than on the right like every other car in the UK.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 May 2018
  • Mississippi State is currently in the driver's seat for the No.
    Brody Miller, NOLA.com, 19 May 2018
  • An officer off camera can be heard twice asking the officer in the driver's seat if Smith is OK.
    Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 13 June 2018
  • McGwire was seen getting into the driver's seat and Jackson got into the passenger seat.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024
  • Police found cocaine, heroin and ecstasy in the cup holder of the center console, and marijuana on the front driver's seat.
    Heather Nolan, NOLA.com, 15 May 2018
  • On Friday, police and Carlton couldn't explain how the suspect was able to get so close to the open patrol vehicle and its driver's seat.
    Charles Rabin, miamiherald, 1 June 2018
  • The officer conducted a traffic stop on the car and apprehended Jackson, who warned that there was a firearm under the driver's seat of the car.
    Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
  • From the driver's seat, one transporter explained that contractors could arrange night hauling with up to 250 trucks through a syndicate of firms.
    David A. Taylor, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The woman's father, in a separate car behind her, helped his daughter get away from the suspect and Elifritz jumped into the driver's seat and drove off, police said.
    Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 25 May 2018
  • Dressed in blue jeans and ditching his tie, Putin jumped into the driver's seat of an orange dump truck Tuesday and drove across the bridge with cameras recording every move.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 16 May 2018
  • The survey found Newsom comfortably in the driver's seat, though with support from only 21% of likely voters who were surveyed.
    John Myers, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
  • Caceres slid over to the driver's seat as Reyes-Figueroa shot Benitez Manchuca several times in the chest, according to police.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 15 May 2018
  • The driver's seat also was positioned too close to the steering wheel to accommodate a man of Miguel Santiago’s size, the affidavit said.
    Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, 25 May 2018
  • The White House is in the driver's seat in these talks.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
  • That boy, 10, and a second, 11, were in the front seat of the bus, to the right of the driver's seat.
    Amanda Watts, CNN, 11 Oct. 2019
  • But with Mack at the helm, Louisville is back in the driver's seat.
    Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2018
  • The officer in the driver's seat was struck in the head from the blast.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • One body was in the driver's seat of a red, two-door car.
    Sean Murphy, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Kessler was in the driver's seat with his head slumped in front of him.
    Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Wright was in the driver's seat of his car when he was shot.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Now all that's left is for Lexus to let us in the driver's seat.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 11 June 2021
  • At that point, Ezra says Alex was in the driver's seat.
    Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2022
  • There were only two seats in the SUV — the driver's seat and the front right seat.
    NBC News, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Davis got out of her car and shot Jiang, who was in the driver's seat.
    Arizona Republic, azcentral, 15 June 2018
  • The Astros are now in the driver's seat in the 2022 World Series.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Suddenly, the league has a team in the driver's seat for the top four.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The Galaxie even required a step to reach the driver's seat thanks to the chunky tires.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 22 Aug. 2023

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