legroom - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • need: Most of the time only Jenny and her husband are in the car, and being tall they need good legroom.
  • have: But there is not even enough room for two children, because with child seats they would still have no legroom.
  • provide: Seat cushions are thinner tho the resulting thinner seat profile does provide slightly more legroom.
  • offer: What's more, all of our coaches have less than the maximum number of seats that could be fitted - offering extra legroom.
  • allow: Seats are spaced over a meter apart to allow maximum legroom.
  • increase: The rear seats are divided 60/40, individually recline and can slide to increase the legroom or load space by 165mm.

Adjective modifier

  • rear: There's not very much rear legroom in the back either: any Ford Mondeo or Vauxhall Vectra will give you much more.
  • ample: The boot is ample, rear seat legroom is adequate.
  • additional: It has developed a fully integrated online booking feature to reserve aisle or window seats with additional legroom.
  • more: Some of the seats in the cinema, at the end of the rows, allow for a little more legroom.
  • enough: Will there be enough legroom in the New Entertainment Venue?
  • most: Aisle seats have the most legroom, except row A in the Stalls.

Modifies a noun

  • seat: On First Choice Airways flights you can reserve extra legroom seats.

Noun used with modifier

  • passenger: The new car has a wheelbase 105mm longer than the outgoing 156, significantly improving both front and rear passenger legroom.
  • inch: Late in 1972 Jaguar introduced the long wheel base XJ6L and XJ12L, offering an extra 4 inches legroom to the rear seating area.
  • seat: The boot is ample, rear seat legroom is adequate.

Preposition: in

  • back: There's not very much rear legroom in the back either: any Ford Mondeo or Vauxhall Vectra will give you much more.
  • seat: Most charter operators now also offer some form of upgraded service with extended legroom in some seats and in-flight entertainment and movies.
  • rear: There is the usual supermini lack of legroom in the rear for adults, but plenty of space for luggage.

Preposition: for

  • passenger: The S-Type still lacks rear legroom for adult passengers.

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