How to Use instrument panel in a Sentence

instrument panel

noun
  • The instrument panel and touch screen are both crisp and clear.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The pilot’s flight bag and part of the instrument panel as well.
    Joy Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
  • There is an icon on the instrument panel that blinks and sounds an alert.
    G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The sparse instrument panel tells you a lot about this truck.
    WSJ, 19 Dec. 2021
  • When the gear comes down, the instrument panel should light up with three green signals.
    Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Take a look at the buttons and dials on the instrument panel.
    Ronald Montoya, Edmunds, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The instrument panel provides a read on what’s going on in the car.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Each mode changes the look of the main instrument panel, with a user-configurable section to the left of the screen in the first three modes.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 June 2022
  • With a microfiber cloth, wipe down the instrument panel and the armrests.
    Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The cockpit comes equipped with a jet-like instrument panel and offers stunning side-to-side views of the road in front of you.
    Kyle Schnitzer, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2022
  • When the driver shut offs the vehicle, a reminder pops up on the instrument panel to check the rear seat.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2022
  • With the capsule hurtling about 5,000 mph spaceward, all of the warning lights on the instrument panel lit up.
    Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle, 26 May 2018
  • Cables yank his feet back against seat to make certain his legs clear the instrument panel on the way out.
    Kevin V. Brown, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2021
  • The sculpting of the instrument panel draws both yeas and nays, and they are loudly expressed.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • In the Escalade, that means a camera will project a high-def image of the street ahead onto the instrument panel, in front of the driver.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The radio is mounted far from the driver, way down the instrument panel toward the glove box.
    Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Cab size doesn’t change, but the instrument panel, center console and seats are all new.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The Tesla models feature one 15-inch screen in the center of the instrument panel.
    NBC News, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The instrument panel behind the steering wheel is perhaps the first sign of costs being cut.
    WIRED, 31 July 2023
  • Elsewhere, the headlight and taillight have been fitted with LEDs and the instrument panel has been moved to the fuel tank.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Turn on the ignition, check to see that all of the instrument panel lights illuminate, and give the car or truck a good test drive.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The instrument panel has a screen between the speedometer and tachometer that can show speed, trip info, current mileage, and the like.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2017
  • The instrument panel has the odd layout of placing the gauge array up high in the center, which is just to be different.
    Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 June 2018
  • The instrument panel in the Telluride is the standard two analog dials with a small LED display in the middle.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 26 June 2020
  • The front and rear subframes are beefier, and there's more sound insulation in the cowl, in the firewall, and behind the instrument panel.
    Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Inside the tent, that series of gantries installs various bits: The IP gantry puts in the instrument panels.
    Alex Davies, WIRED, 22 June 2018
  • The stem of the switch was still visible, recessed inside the small hole remaining in the instrument panel.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 July 2019
  • There is a unique seven-inch TFT display in the instrument panel above the steering column.
    G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The buttons for the parking brake, lane keeping and sport mode are difficult to see and reach on the lower instrument panel over the driver’s left knee.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The instrument panel replicates the original car with the addition of a driving mode switch.
    Trinity Francis, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024

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