How to Use passenger in a Sentence

passenger

noun
  • There were two passengers in the car in addition to the driver.
  • There's no room for passengers on this project; everybody must do his share of the work.
  • The 15 passengers swiveled their heads and the captain sped to the spot.
    — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • In that case, passengers in the back of the plane might get off fastest!
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2024
  • There were five passengers in the car between the ages of 15 and 20.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The man stepped out of the car, opened the passenger door and struck the driver twice in the face, the statement said.
    — Jesús Marrero Suárez, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Still, the 35-year-old woman in the passenger seat was dead at the scene.
    — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022
  • At the time, the RMS Titanic was the largest passenger ship afloat.
    — Elise Hammond, CNN, 20 June 2023
  • Small opened the passenger door, pulled the man out by his shirt and threw him to the ground, the indictment said.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024
  • By the way, most if not all the passengers of these transports are in the U.S. legally.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • The car had been struck by at least a dozen bullets, most of them on the passenger’s side.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The van was full with 14 passengers plus the driver at the time of the collision.
    — Kaitlyn Hart, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2024
  • Dowell, the front-seat passenger in the car, was paralysed from the chest down.
    — Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The bullet went through the passenger door, police said, and struck the victim in the leg.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The balloon rides will last around 6 hours, but will not take passengers all the way to space.
    — Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 13 July 2024
  • The driver and passenger both jumped out of the SUV and ran across freeway lanes.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
  • There was a passenger in the front seat who threw hot coffee on her.
    — cleveland, 27 Oct. 2022
  • There were 36 passengers on board the boat, with 21 of them rescued alive.
    — Chinedu Asadu, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • When not in use, this sits above rear seat passengers in the ceiling.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • The number of passenger cars more than doubled in the past two decades.
    — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Sometimes when a car pulls up, half the passengers will head to Yuan Fu, the other half to Fire Pit.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The officer noted that the door lock on the rear passenger side door had been drilled out and pried.
    — cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Cung and his passenger, 43-year-old Sung Vang were killed in the wreck, according to the report.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Some of the passengers stayed below the entire trip, but Otto spent most of his time on deck.
    — David Owen, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2024
  • While cabs line up at the taxi stand, rideshare drivers will scoop you up from the passenger pickup area.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2024
  • On some flights, passengers who booked a first-class or business seat may fail to show up for their flight.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
  • As the plane banked and rose from the Beirut airport, passengers could see the Mediterranean on one side, glittering in the sun.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Chapple opened the passenger side door, holding a gun in his left hand and a cellphone in right hand, the video shows.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
  • The passenger threatened the driver verbally, then reached into a bag.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The driver pulled out a gun and fired six shots, the witness said, hitting not only the belligerent passenger but also an uninvolved man sitting nearby.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025

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