How to Use airbag in a Sentence

airbag

noun
  • The airbag must be turned off or the child seat must be placed in the rear.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Japan has been a leader of airbag use for more than a decade.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Pink and blue clown paint is now smeared all over the driver's side airbag.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The airbags were out, and a phone was on the front passenger seat.
    — Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • One driver sits stunned behind an airbag, in shock.
    — Wyles Daniel, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But if a person was in a car crash with no airbag, her jaw could shatter.
    — Victoria Barry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The safest place for the convertible car seat is in the back seat, away from airbags.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • At the scene of the crash, a dark sedan was on the sidewalk with its airbags deployed.
    — Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • The impact was not severe enough to cause his airbags to deploy.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2017
  • This component is part of the circuit for both the horn and the airbag.
    — Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • Coffay crawled out from behind and airbag and ran into the woods.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The car had driver’s side damage and its airbag had deployed.
    — cleveland, 22 Dec. 2021
  • 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 impact of the crash caused the cruiser's airbags to deploy.
    — Cincinnati.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Dealers are to replace the roof-rail airbag modules, free of charge.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
  • An airbag pack to increase your chances of staying near the surface of an avalanche.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
  • For starters, make sure that side curtain airbags protect every seat.
    — Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Two of the children were in the front seat when the airbag deployed, the report said.
    — David Harris, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Pull it, and an airbag will release that keeps you afloat in a raging wave of snow and vapor.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2021
  • And so someone took it off this huge, huge jump and all the airbags blew and the suspension broke.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The airbag had exploded and deployed black powder that hung in the air.
    — Ariana Giorgi, Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • The airbags deployed in both cars and the force of the crash left oil and gas covering part of the road.
    — Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • At the house, the officer found the car to be disabled, its airbag deployed.
    — cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Chicago police are again warning drivers about a surge in airbag thefts.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The two-seater’s airbags also appear to have gone off in the collision.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • And if a collision occurred, the airbags could have failed to deploy.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The front of the car was heavily damaged, and the airbags had deployed.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 8 June 2026
  • When crashes do occur, seatbelts and airbags save many lives every day.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In her crash last Sunday, Vonn’s airbag deployed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • 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

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