How to Use fob in a Sentence

fob

noun
  • The key fob won’t open/close the hatch or trigger the alarm.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The key fob won’t open/close the hatch or trigger the alarm.
    — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Your car’s key fob can do more than lock and unlock the doors.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • Stripes on the seats and details on the key fob carry the theme, too.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Some larger brands have flush handles that pop out when the key fob is near.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2022
  • These fobs can be pricey to replace, so this add-on might be worth it for some people.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 27 Mar. 2023
  • On the first day, his students make a curved and twisted hook, then a leafy key ring fob.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The goal-inspiring cologne comes in a bottle that is shaped like a key fob.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • People also must stop leaving their car keys, or fobs, in their cars.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Police said thieves use the port to clone data held by the car owner's key fob.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The man sounded the panic button on his key fob and the suspect ran.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 2 June 2017
  • To gain access to the building, residents use a key fob at the front door.
    — Lawrence Crook Iii and Anne Woolsey, CNN, 11 May 2017
  • The key fob fell to the ground, and Harris allegedly picked it up.
    — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 17 July 2021
  • To help with security, the newest fobs use a one-time code to open the door.
    — Doug Jacobson, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Newer cars have anti-theft devices or can’t be turned on without a key fob.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2017
  • These are also a replacement for your key fob, so no need to weigh down your key chain with your old key.
    — Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
  • There’s something bigger about the fact that your battery dies too early, right, on your key fob.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The victim told police that the key fob was in the vehicle when it was taken.
    — Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And the key fob has to be within a few feet of the push button — usually inside the car.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • But the image also turned up, years later, on coffee mugs and keychain fobs.
    — Robert Taylor, The Mercury News, 26 May 2017
  • The kit is a little fob about the size of a matchbox that's branded with a Ring logo.
    — WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The vehicles were unlocked and change, gift cards and a key fob were taken, police said.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Williams started to walk toward his van, unlocking it from a distance with a key fob, the suit states.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
  • There's even a bit of drama in the way the key fob lowers into a slot on the central console to fire up the car.
    — New Atlas, 26 May 2026
  • Ed Bilinkas offered the jury his theory of how the key fob may have been broken.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2017
  • But to be fair, my father did pull a key fob from his pocket and press lock before walking away from the vehicle.
    — Dan Hernandez, Longreads, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Turns out that cars left running, or with the key fob left inside, provide the leading cause of vehicle thefts.
    — Chaya Milchtein, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2021
  • The fob is visible only from the backside of the Truckle.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The fob is visible only from the backside of the Truckle.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Like many others, Cosentino had left the car’s key fob inside the center console.
    — Andrew Boryga, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2021

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