How to Use airplane in a Sentence

airplane

noun
  • In the past, Cruise has hung on the sides of skyscrapers and airplanes.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Apr. 2023
  • All five adults aboard the Beechcraft 95 airplane were found dead.
    Nathaniel Percy, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Once the weather cleared, an airplane and three drones were launched to search the area.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The clip cut to a video of the athlete and her daughter on an airplane.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • In such a small airplane, would Carlisle have been able to take both men?
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Griner leaped down the airplane stairs and ran toward her.
    J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The pilot then cut the speed, causing the airplane to descend.
    Allyson Versprille, Fortune, 16 June 2024
  • Boeing has pushed out the launch of an all-new airplane toward the end of this decade.
    Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The airplane cabin was cramped with the extra gas tank.
    Paul Glenshaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • This is not the sound of ordinance that's dropped from an airplane.
    Matt Seyler, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • In the 1930s, an airplane could beat a train across the country by hopscotching from city to city.
    David Leonhardt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • For the rest of her life, being on an airplane will remind her.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Some even fly on airplanes before they’re released back in the wild.
    Jason Gulley Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Want to drone out the rumbling of airplane jet engines or the chatter on trains?
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2024
  • At the time, cotton was needed for the airplane and truck tires being used in World War I.
    Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The urban plan follows the Cartesian shape of an airplane.
    Clarissa Tossin, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • The sheriff took him into custody on a theft of an airplane charge.
    Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Anything right now that happens to a United airplane makes the news.
    David Koenig, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Landing an airplane 700 feet above the ground on a tennis-court-sized space sounds crazy.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Although Amon is always at home on an airplane, her first love is the sea.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Despite the advent of cars and airplanes, rail of all types has continued to evolve and thrive.
    Ben Jones, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Sure, your buddy with the private airplane might get there a few minutes ahead of you.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Nothing puts you more in the present moment like jumping out of an airplane.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The goal of the pilot project is to create tires for airplanes and other vehicles for use by the Air Force.
    Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
  • And for kids who like to get outside, a three-pack of launchable airplanes is 20 percent off.
    Phoebe Sklansky, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
  • The new rule will not apply to current airplanes in service.
    Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • In June of 1962, an airplane crashed at Paris’ Orly airport.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The first flight of an airplane might've been in the United States, but today, aviation connects the world.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
  • Shoppers, prepare for landing… a new pair of airplane pants, that is.
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Though the melody existed for a while, the lyrics were written after being part of a music video shoot involving a zero gravity airplane.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024

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