How to Use back seat in a Sentence

back seat

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  • In the parking lot outside, Je’Shawn played in the back seat of the car.
    — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Musa, who was in the back seat, met with Miller from the window, the charges said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The back seats were done away with simply to save weight.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Lawrence was sitting in the back seat when he was shot.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The children sat in the back seat of the car as their parents spoke in code.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The safest place for the convertible car seat is in the back seat, away from airbags.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Je’Shawn, his cousin and another friend rode in the back seat.
    — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The downside is a tight back seat with just enough space to cram in two tall adults.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Charlie Harris, 71, was in the front seat of the Cobalt that was struck and a 7-year-old boy was in the back seat.
    — The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Two migrants were in the back seat and three others were in the trunk, per CBP.
    — The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There were two persons in the back seat who then went into the front seat.
    — cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Two of her children were in the back seat and witnessed the shooting.
    — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Also in the back seat was a 4-year-old, who was not injured.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The bones of one man were found in the back seat on top of the bones of his beloved golden retriever.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Cuddling in the back seat of his Jeep, my head was against his chest, his arms around me.
    — Reina Abrevaya, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Still, the schoolgirl jumped from the back seat and pulled the key from the ignition, stopping the car from rolling.
    — Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • As the passenger in the back seat steps out, so does the front seat passenger — the 16-year-old.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • There were years of pillow forts, flashlight games, charades in the back seat of the car.
    — Kathy Flann, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • In another, the tween took the back seat as the actor drove them around in front of a mountain.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023
  • At the time of the accident, Hargitay and two of her siblings were in the back seat.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The car was Paul’s family car—his son’s surf wax in the cup holder, dog hairs on the back seat.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • After, a person in the VW opened fire through the rear of Cloonan's car, striking Aiden in the back seat.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The suspect put Singh and his brother in the back seat of Amandeep’s pickup truck, the video showed.
    — Noah Goldberg and Gregory Yee, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Mom and me in the back seat of the station wagon, Mary Katherine storming out of the house with the car keys in her hand.
    — David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
  • His buddy in the basketball jersey is in the back seat, conked out.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2023
  • In the footage, Zimmerman brings Rabouin to his patrol car and tells him to get into the back seat.
    — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Let Mom enjoy the solitude of the drive even with noisy kids in the back seat and honking traffic.
    — Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Then the assailant stole a black schnauzer from the back seat while pointing a gun at her, the report said.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The gunshots rang out from the back seat, and the history of Hip Hop changed forever.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • In the back seat, an engineer monitored the data as the car drove along.
    — PCMAG, 4 Jan. 2023

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