safety belt

Example Sentences

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He bolted a chair to the bottom of the tree house and has a safety belt to catch him should he fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

According to the FAA’s Civil Air Regulation Section 40.174: “A seat and an individual safety belt are required for each passenger and crew member excluding infants, who are in other than a recumbent position.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

Passenger Kaylee Reyes told Hawaii News Now that her mother had just sat down when the turbulence hit, and did not have a chance to buckle her safety belt.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

As she got into the queen-size bed and secured the safety belt that stretched across the mattress, preparing to sleep for the next few hours, an unpleasant feeling came over her.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

Her mother fusses with the safety belt and says to Rosa, “I’m going to get you a helmet.”

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen