How to Use occupant in a Sentence

occupant

noun

• Both of the car's occupants were injured.
• The apartment's previous occupant was a painter.
• Funke was the lone occupant of the first floor, where the front door was.
  — Taylor Romine, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
• The occupant closed the door and contained the fire to the bedroom.
  — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
• The victim was the lone occupant of the home, deputies said.
  — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2022
• The grandmother of the RV’s occupant once lived in a house next to the lot.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• The occupant was able to move from the front seat and escape from the back.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
• The man was the only occupant in the pickup at the time.
  — Matt Bruce, ajc, 11 June 2022
• The man, the sole occupant in the car, was not wearing a seat belt.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2021
• The male occupant inside the home went to the back of the apartment balcony.
  — Lillian Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
• An occupant from the white car got out of the car and spoke with someone in the truck.
  — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2021
• Both occupants wore seat belts at the time of the crash, the news release said.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
• The youngest occupant of the car was the six-year-old daughter of the two adults in the vehicle.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2023
• Both Piper and an occupant of the Equinox were pronounced dead on the scene.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
• The driver was the lone occupant of the car, police said.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
• Yet, the Alano is far from the first occupant of the property.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2021
• The car with three occupants then hit a guardrail and a tree, OSHP troopers said.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• None of the occupants of the home were injured, police said.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• The 61-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was the only occupant of the car.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2021
• When the water reaches the level of a flood, a light goes on and a buzzer sounds to alert the occupants.
  — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
• An occupant of the pickup took cellphone video of the crash.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2023
• There was an exchange of fire and four occupants of the car were hit, the statement said.
  — arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025
• The new Yum! will serve beer on tap, which is a first, and a sort-of nod to the site's longtime occupant, O'Gara's, which closed in 2018.
  — Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
• When a car pulls up on the road, the two men fire at its occupants and then enter the kibbutz.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• An occupant of the house was alerted by a knock at the door, Robinson said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
• The first loop now is complete and ready for occupants.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
• One of the vehicle’s occupants swam across the creek to shore and was detained there.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 1 Apr. 2023
• Police said an occupant of a SUV opened fire, hitting the boys were were in the rear seat.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2021
• All six occupants of the Hyundai, who were possibly three adults and three children, were pronounced dead on-scene, FHP said.
  — Elainie Barraza, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
• While a smaller occupant in a milder crash will receive a lower belt load setting to reduce the risk of rib fractures.
  — Michael Franco, New Atlas, 6 June 2025