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Examples of lap belt in a Sentence
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Due to a missing rivet, the lap belt pretensioner on the left-side front seat belt assembly may be improperly secured.
—USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
The lap belts favored in Europe may help infants from slipping out of a dozing parent’s grasp, but research from RMIT University in Australia in 2015 showed downsides.
—Nicole Kobie, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
Sheriff’s officials said the kidnapping didn’t occur because the child was strapped into the cart with a lap belt.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
Dummies used in the tests should also remain correctly positioned without sliding forward beneath the lap belt, which raises the risk of abdominal injuries, while the head should remain a safe distance from the front seatback.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2023
Interior appointments include recent retrimming in black leather, charcoal square-weave carpet, the correct ivory steering wheel and gear knob, a Becker Mexico radio, lift-latch competition-style lap belts, and restored factory switchgear and instrumentation.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2023
The dummy still submarined under the rear lap belt and its head got close to the front seatback.
—Andrew Beckford, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
Since a reclining rear-seat occupant may submarine (slide under the lap belt) in a collision, the Executive Line seats come with an airbag at the base of the bottom cushion that deploys to align their torso with the lap belt.
—Neil Dunlop, Car and Driver, 21 June 2021
The lap belt should lie low on their hips at the top of their thighs.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near lap belt
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“Lap belt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lap%20belt. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
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