Used in a Sentence

passenger

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for passenger.

Editorial note

I haven't come across an example where merely being a passenger in a car where the driver does something negligent subjected the passenger to liability.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of passenger gathered in one view.

noun

One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

noun

A moth, Dysgonia algira

verb

(intransitive) To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for passenger.

noun

One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

noun

A moth, Dysgonia algira

verb

(intransitive) To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

noun

(falconry) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.

Example sentences

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I haven't come across an example where merely being a passenger in a car where the driver does something negligent subjected the passenger to liability.

2

The EPA estimates that the average passenger vehicle emits 5.1 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per year.

3

Regions new to passenger aviation cannot fathom that hundreds of people just cease to exist in an air accident.

4

It really makes very little sense to forbid a person from driving a passenger for money.

5

And then if you plan to put everything behind passenger, it would just be too messy.

6

Driver and two passengers wearing seat belts survive, one passenger not wearing seat belt killed.

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The guys at Phusion have really done some great work with both Passenger and REE.

8

It's about limiting risk: kids can die both while driving a car and being a passenger of a car, but that doesn't mean it's inconsistent to ban child driving.

9

Also you're comparing the mileage of a bus (the UPS truck) to a passenger vehicle.

10

How about that they at least mandate appropriate insurance coverage and give you a fixed statue in law as a paying passenger?

11

Roughly like being a bus passenger is not the same as being a busdriver.

12

In 1958, Japan tried to export this first passenger car to the US market.

Quote examples

1

What do you mean "regions new to passenger aviation"?

2

Whats worse is that since the passenger solicited the trip they can be made as the "cause" of the accident in civil suits when there was no gross misconduct on the side of the driver.

3

I almost feel like that Airplane passenger sitting beside Brooks Jr - Brooks saw him reading his book, "Mythical Man Month" - and asked the guy (who had no idea who he was sitting beside) what he thought of the book - The gentleman responded that it was basically a summary of things he knew already.

Proper noun examples

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Over the last few days I have done my first deployment of an Apache/MySQL/Passenger/Rails system and it was a surprisingly painless process.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use passenger in a sentence?

I haven't come across an example where merely being a passenger in a car where the driver does something negligent subjected the passenger to liability.

What does passenger mean?

One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

What part of speech is passenger?

passenger is commonly used as noun, verb.