How to Use back seat in a Sentence

back seat

noun
  • The video shows Alexander-Wilcox in the back seat of the car.
    Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Dec. 2020
  • The pipe bomb was found on the floor of the Honda’s back seat.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
  • What's more, both Kevin and Joe Jonas were in the back seat.
    Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 29 June 2021
  • In the parking lot outside, Je’Shawn played in the back seat of the car.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Tom opened the rear door of the old car, and the three tired dogs curled up on the back seat.
    H. R. Temple, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2025
  • This forces you to check the back seat when leaving the car.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 11 June 2025
  • Musa, who was in the back seat, met with Miller from the window, the charges said.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • In the back seat, deputies found a child’s jacket with the child’s name on the tag.
    Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Lyndon Johnson was down on the floor of the back seat of the car.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The charred bones of that child are still in the back seat, Mr. Tymchuk said.
    New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The middle of the back seat can fold down, which is very handy.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 2 Mar. 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 | [email protected], al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Just get in the habit of always looking in the back seat of a car.
    Erin Chan Ding, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
  • The children sat in the back seat of the car as their parents spoke in code.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • It’s time for the sweaters and coats still in your closet to take a back seat.
    Jaclyn Alexandra Cohen, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 May 2022
  • The safest place for the convertible car seat is in the back seat, away from airbags.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • In the back seat, Daisy, her chicken, sat in her crate.
    Arlyssa Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The driver and two agents put the man into the back seat and then drive away.
    Emily Witt, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
  • An x-ray scan of the truck led to the discovery of items in the back seat and a spare tire.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Or, the camera can detect if there’s a child in the back seat.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The children piled into the back seat, ready for a good time.
    Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2021
  • Je’Shawn, his cousin and another friend rode in the back seat.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
  • His daughter, falling asleep in the back seat of the truck, begged to go home.
    Jacob Roberts, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The agents handcuffed Salinas and led him to the back seat of one of the unmarked cars.
    Washington Post, 3 June 2022
  • With a prosthetic nose, forehead, a set of cheeks and an upper lip to attach, that’s where accuracy took a bit of a back seat.
    Carita Rizzo, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2026
  • My son Maceo, on his own, did this little commitment ceremony for us in the back seat of the car.
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • Inside were the driver, a passenger in the front seat and two juveniles in the back seats, police wrote.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
  • Officer Harper got into the back seat before the car took off and yelled at Huffman to stop, police said.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
  • Unbeknownst to Spears, Miles had left his gun in the back seat of Miller’s car.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 June 2026

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