How to Use airbag in a Sentence

airbag

noun
  • The car rolled over and the airbags deployed in the crash.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The airbag must be turned off or the child seat must be placed in the rear.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The car rolled over and airbags deployed, the NPS said.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The car’s axle was bent and an airbag had been deployed.
    — cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The van's tires were blown and an airbag had been deployed.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The impact of the crash caused the cruiser's airbags to deploy.
    — Cincinnati.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The airbags were out, and a phone was on the front passenger seat.
    — Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • At the scene of the crash, a dark sedan was on the sidewalk with its airbags deployed.
    — Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Two of the children were in the front seat when the airbag deployed, the report said.
    — David Harris, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The safest place for the convertible car seat is in the back seat, away from airbags.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Japan has been a leader of airbag use for more than a decade.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The airbag in your car is based on the same principle to keep you safe—or safer—in a crash.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The blow crunched the hood of the Nissan and set off the airbags, but no underride had occurred.
    — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
  • The driver survived with the help of an airbag, photos show.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
  • All three were restrained by seat belts, and the SUV's airbags deployed.
    — Maureen C. Gilmer, Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The suspect also stole the airbag, horn and $5 in coins from the vehicle.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
  • In the video, the front half of the S.U.V. is severely damaged, and both airbags are seen to have deployed.
    — Tacey Rychter and Gerry Mullany, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The windshield shattered, the airbags exploded, and the car filled with the smell of fuel.
    — Gal Beckerman, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • At the house, the officer found the car to be disabled, its airbag deployed.
    — cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • To this, the predisposition to use the airbag is added.
    — New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The air bag is five to eight times the size of a driver airbag, depending on the side of the vehicle.
    — Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 10 June 2019
  • In the test, the passenger crash dummy's head in the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee hits the dashboard through the airbag.
    — CBS News, 12 June 2018
  • An airbag pack to increase your chances of staying near the surface of an avalanche.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The impact was not severe enough to cause his airbags to deploy.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Blood could be seen on the deflated airbag and the man's legs were visible from the street.
    — Marie Simoneaux, NOLA.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Meanwhile, Greene said, there are more vehicles on the road with the same faulty airbag.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 22 June 2023
  • Coffay crawled out from behind and airbag and ran into the woods.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The steering wheel jerked to the right, then to the left, and the airbags deployed seconds before the car jumped the curb and slammed into the business.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The airbag had exploded and deployed black powder that hung in the air.
    — Ariana Giorgi, Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Ultimately, the team made sure the body parts inside were filled with airbags to keep the weight down.
    — Laura Bradley, HWD, 6 Feb. 2017

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