How to Use airborne in a Sentence

airborne

adjective

• Once the plane was airborne I loosened my seat belt.
• Thousands of airborne troops parachuted behind enemy lines.
• In the footage, the Tesla goes airborne for a few seconds.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 21 Mar. 2022
• The Tesla was airborne for just a few seconds, but its maiden flight went viral.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
• Potential airborne spread is limited because the air flow is from top to bottom, not along the length of the cabin.
  — Joel Zinberg, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022
• The waves were so high La Mouette repeatedly went airborne.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2022
• With a variety of different modes, this gadget can provide your home with clean air, free from airborne particles and other bacteria.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
• Guests can be exposed by cross-contamination (using a knife to crush nuts and then to cut vegetables, for instance) or by airborne allergens.
  — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
• Other properties of the HA protein would need to change for the virus to be able spread by aerosols — tiny, infected airborne particles.
  — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
• The car became airborne, flying two or three feet off the ground before landing on the grass, crashing into at least two tents and hitting a tree, Cabantoy said.
  — Catalina Gaitán, oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2022
• And healthy building strategies like ventilation and filtration matter only if the airborne nature of viral spread is first recognized.
  — Joseph G. Allen, STAT, 20 Mar. 2022
• Minority voices in the medical community argued that the virus was airborne.
  — Tom Siegel, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2022
• The fourth video shows the drone airborne to the sound of cheering from the ground crew.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Thus the thrust by elite airborne forces in the war's opening hours.
  — Robert Burns, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2022
• Alongside the airborne crafts were kites of all shapes and sizes.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
• Part of the issue, the CDC explains, is that measles is airborne.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
• But there remain risks even when the flight is, is airborne.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2022
• The truck became airborne, then overturned, and came to a rest in a creek on its top side.
  — Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2023
• The car went airborne while crossing the tracks, police said, and ran off the roadway at a curve.
  — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• Severe wind caused the airborne parasail to drag the boat, leading the captain to cut the line.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 1 June 2022
• The storms are airborne rivers of water vapor pushed by wind.
  — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
• The fatal flight was the first time the plane went airborne after the inspection, the report says.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
• Plane, true to its title, is at its best when airborne.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 11 Jan. 2023
• Profar’s airborne beauty helped the Padres avoid all of that.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2022
• And the sheer amount of time spent airborne over whoops and jumps absolutely boggles the mind.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
• What’s more, the house is airborne; it will be lifted 50 feet above the New Mexico desert via a large crane.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
• Hawthorne will be the first agency to test out the dedicated 911 drones, with plans to have a small fleet airborne by the end of this year.
  — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
• After skidding through a turn, the car went airborne and crashed into a fence and shed near Gaffney Lane and Berta Drive.
  — oregonlive, 5 May 2022
• The combination of dry air and gusty breezes means pollen should be very airborne.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
• This helps stop the spread of the fungi, which becomes airborne as walls and flooring are removed.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024