How to Use take a back seat in a Sentence

take a back seat

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• High school sports might have to take a back seat next week.
  — Jacob Rousseau, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
• Has to take a back seat to the man’s brilliance.
  — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
• Those sounds no longer define a city where cars have taken a back seat.
  — Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
• But a lot of the orchard practices took a back seat in recent years.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
• Rose said Koufax shouldn’t take a back seat to anyone.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
• Website and mobile app design skills take a back seat to a new skillset.
  — Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• Amid all that, the movie itself has taken a back seat, until now.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 May 2025
• And in moments like these, intent takes a back seat to impact.
  — Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
• My pain was in the driver’s seat, and everything else took a back seat.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
• Flirting is an art form that has taken a back seat due to the rise of dating apps.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
• Campbell said work will have to take a back seat while he’s being treated.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
• The tannins take a back seat to acidity, which will help this wine age for decades.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
• Richardson also had a strong camp, but took a back seat to Scott, too.
  — Mike Kaye updated August 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
• Overall, the health needs of women in Bangladesh take a back seat to those of men.
  — Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
• Adams hopes to be able to take a back seat in the day-to-day programming at the retreat.
  — Essence, 11 Jan. 2024
• And in this race, as with the clipper ship captains, caution might take a back seat to speed.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
• Now, with some of that money clawed back, there is a question about what programs may take a back seat.
  — Fatima Hussein and Kevin Freking, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
• Curiosity for its own sake has taken a back seat.
  — Danika Wong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
• Ambition takes a back seat, when nobody needs or wants to be in the manager.
  — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
• Your ambitions could have to take a back seat to other desires today.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2022
• Do my dietary restrictions and concerns take a back seat when the boss is picking up the tab?
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2024
• The Super Bowl was a reminder of how skill takes a back seat to the trenches.
  — Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
• For her, sugar takes a back seat to the depth of flavors in salty snacks and marinated bites.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
• The sense of smell, which usually takes a back seat, rose in public consciousness.
  — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
• As Aleister gets the rock star treatment, the band takes a back seat as their friendship is put to the test.
  — Giana Levy, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
• Once the game started, the friendship took a back seat to competition.
  — Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
• But that issue has taken a back seat to the separate fight over who can be a party to the lawsuit.
  — Travis Loller The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
• The Joker’s exploits as a passer take a back seat to nobody who has ever played the game.
  — John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
• Some experts say this would mean taxpayers were taking a back seat to Wall Street.
  — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Because when your first loyalty is to Trump, everything else takes a back seat.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 22 Jan. 2026