How to Use passenger in a Sentence

passenger

noun
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  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The officer saw a man in the driver’s seat and a female passenger.
    — cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Grohl also made a cameo in a sketch where passengers on a plane argued about which of their jobs was the toughest.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Should passengers leave personal items in their spots to stake their claim to them all day?
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Alaska State Troopers say the 58-year-old passenger in the car the day of the collision died early this month.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • He is also accused of slapping a passenger on the hand and face and spitting on them.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The 47-year-old driver and a 34-year-old passenger were killed, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman said.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 14 June 2023
  • The prince arrived on a silver T-boat, a 28-foot-long passenger vessel.
    — Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, she was transfixed during most of five-hour flight by the passenger next to her, who was crocheting a sweater.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Both can haul lots of passengers and swallow loads of cargo.
    — Michael Cantu, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • At one point, Walker slowed down and jumped out of the passenger side door before the vehicle came to a full stop, according to the footage.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 24 May 2023
  • One of the two passengers in the car, a 30-year-old man riding in the back seat, died before he could be taken to a hospital, Atenza said.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
  • The officer and his passenger, Jorge Soriano, died at the scene.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Inside, the tan leather runs across the sculptural dashboard and enveloping race seats that are designed to curve around the passengers.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
  • All three passengers in the Tundra were also wearing their seatbelts at the time of the incident.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The police may or may not charge the passenger with criminal penalties.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Investigators at the time said Grayson was in the front passenger’s seat and the suspect in the back seat when the deadly shooting happened.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Turns out the Titanic served food as rich and glamorous as its most famous passengers.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The poet Carl Sandburg was among the passengers on the return American Airlines flight that first day.
    — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The driver and the passenger of the pickup truck, both of whom are 70 years old, were also hospitalized following the crash.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • New this month, the airline will next board customers in middle seats, followed by passengers sitting in aisle seats.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023

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