How to Use passenger in a Sentence

passenger

noun
  • There were two passengers in the car in addition to the driver.
  • There's no room for passengers on this project; everybody must do his share of the work.
  • The 15 passengers swiveled their heads and the captain sped to the spot.
    Diana Durán, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • In that case, passengers in the back of the plane might get off fastest!
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2024
  • There were five passengers in the car between the ages of 15 and 20.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2024
  • At the time, the RMS Titanic was the largest passenger ship afloat.
    Elise Hammond, CNN, 20 June 2023
  • Small opened the passenger door, pulled the man out by his shirt and threw him to the ground, the indictment said.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024
  • By the way, most if not all the passengers of these transports are in the U.S. legally.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • The van was full with 14 passengers plus the driver at the time of the collision.
    Kaitlyn Hart, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2024
  • The bullet went through the passenger door, police said, and struck the victim in the leg.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The balloon rides will last around 6 hours, but will not take passengers all the way to space.
    Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 13 July 2024
  • There were 36 passengers on board the boat, with 21 of them rescued alive.
    Chinedu Asadu, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • When not in use, this sits above rear seat passengers in the ceiling.
    James Morris, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • Sometimes when a car pulls up, half the passengers will head to Yuan Fu, the other half to Fire Pit.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The officer noted that the door lock on the rear passenger side door had been drilled out and pried.
    cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Cung and his passenger, 43-year-old Sung Vang were killed in the wreck, according to the report.
    Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Some of the passengers stayed below the entire trip, but Otto spent most of his time on deck.
    David Owen, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2024
  • While cabs line up at the taxi stand, rideshare drivers will scoop you up from the passenger pickup area.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2024
  • On some flights, passengers who booked a first-class or business seat may fail to show up for their flight.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
  • As the plane banked and rose from the Beirut airport, passengers could see the Mediterranean on one side, glittering in the sun.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Chapple opened the passenger side door, holding a gun in his left hand and a cellphone in right hand, the video shows.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
  • The driver got out, walked to the passenger’s side and fired several shots before pulling Small out of the car.
    Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Now with 3 rows of seats, the Palisade can fit 7 or 8 passengers on all models.
    Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The officer saw a man in the driver’s seat and a female passenger.
    cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Grohl also made a cameo in a sketch where passengers on a plane argued about which of their jobs was the toughest.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The new lanes have more space for passengers to load bags onto the conveyer belts.
    Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Should passengers leave personal items in their spots to stake their claim to them all day?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The 140-year-old coastal rail line is the only viable route for passenger and freight trains between San Diego and the rest of the United States.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • By that point, most American passengers had reached a point of hopeless exhaustion.
    Opheli Garcia Lawlor, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The prosecution, in turn, said passengers’ fear of Neely was valid but that Penny did not need to use deadly physical force to address it – or subdue the unarmed Neely once everyone was off the train.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024

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