How to Use occupant in a Sentence

occupant

noun
  • Both of the car's occupants were injured.
  • The apartment's previous occupant was a painter.
  • The occupant closed the door and contained the fire to the bedroom.
    Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • The grandmother of the RV’s occupant once lived in a house next to the lot.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • The male occupant inside the home went to the back of the apartment balcony.
    Lillian Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
  • The youngest occupant of the car was the six-year-old daughter of the two adults in the vehicle.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Both Piper and an occupant of the Equinox were pronounced dead on the scene.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
  • The car with three occupants then hit a guardrail and a tree, OSHP troopers said.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • None of the occupants of the home were injured, police said.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
  • An occupant of the pickup took cellphone video of the crash.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2023
  • When a car pulls up on the road, the two men fire at its occupants and then enter the kibbutz.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • An occupant of the house was alerted by a knock at the door, Robinson said.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The first loop now is complete and ready for occupants.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
  • One of the vehicle’s occupants swam across the creek to shore and was detained there.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Nutt pulled the Honda over and asked both occupants for IDs.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
  • After the car hit the house, four occupants in the vehicle jumped out and ran away.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The occupants of the Hyundai were not injured, Bessette said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2024
  • Tolliver was the sole occupant in the hotel room, the sergeant said.
    City News Service, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
  • The other occupants of the boat heard Crane fall off and struggled to find him amid the darkness, Troup deputies said.
    Caroline Silva, ajc, 7 June 2023
  • Yet each treats its occupants well at 70 mph on the long concrete slab.
    Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
  • An occupant of the car was a 42-year-old man from Merrimac.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Green said there just be might a future White House occupant in their ranks, too.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Drawing his weapon, Carroll ordered the two occupants out of the car.
    John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Two of those vehicles had crashed prior to deputies’ arrival and the occupants fled the scene.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The steering wheel can slide into the dashboard and windshield can go opaque while occupants can look up at the stars through the canopy.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The April 28 crash killed Samantha Miller, 34, and wounded three other occupants of the golf cart.
    CBS News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The driver and lone occupant of the Tesla wasn’t injured, according to the CHP.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Back in the parking lot of the soup kitchen, Lakota Head, tall and wearing capri leggings in the cold, was in mid-beef with the occupant of an idling truck.
    Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • But stops can also be dangerous for police, who often know nothing about the occupants of the vehicle and are conducting the stop while traffic speeds by them.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The occupants likely had time to withdraw before the bunker was destroyed, but their position was compromised and anything stored there destroyed.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

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