on the aisle

idiom

: in the seat next to the aisle
He likes to sit on the aisle.

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Due to a recent Achilles heel injury, Brown sat in the front row with crutches, his injured leg stretched on the aisle. Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025 The friend was seated on the aisle of the same row while the girl's mother was in the row directly behind her, and the complaint states that the mother told her to get up and tell a member of the flight crew about the situation. Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, a study conducted by TIME in 2015 found that the middle seats in the back of the aircraft were those with the lowest fatality rates, the worst-faring seats were on the aisle in the middle-third of the cabin. Rebecca Schneid, Time, 13 June 2025 In the 3rd row, on the aisle seat, a phone camera pointed at me. Erin Clack, People.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for on the aisle

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“On the aisle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20aisle. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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