How to Use altitude in a Sentence

altitude

noun

• The plane lost altitude rapidly.
• Some visitors find it difficult to adjust to the city's high altitude.
• The altitude and the woods that protect that little terroir help the freshness and acidy of this wine.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• Off paved roads and even off roads of any kind, the Trooper will cruise along in fine style, even at 7000-foot altitudes.
  — Pete Lyons, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023
• That color comes from the rocket gaining enough altitude to be in line of sight with the Sun.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
• The new cafe still sells its famed doughnuts made with a secret recipe to fry dough at high altitude.
  — Lori Rackl, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
• And the altitude at which freezing persists year-round has risen sharply.
  — Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023
• In the afternoon, the sun can be more intense at high altitude.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• Before the end, when the rocket reached a peak altitude just short of 40 km, as many as eight engines appeared to have gone out.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023
• As the plane gained altitude, Ringo jumped on Miranda’s chest.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• The altitude in Park City can be a doozy, so get ahead of it by doubling your daily water intake.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
• The Cessna later lost altitude and crashed in a rural area of Virginia.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• That’s because parachutes work best closer to the ground where the density of air is greater than the thin air at extreme altitudes.
  — Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• Hebert piloted the drone to an altitude of about 330 feet and took six photos of himself and the stadium, the complaint says.
  — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
• Flying over the Red Sea, the rescuers had to maintain an altitude of around a hundred feet to avoid radar detection.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
• Terrain at that altitude and above makes up only 3% of the global landmass.
  — Rachel Crowell, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
• And on approach, what altitude is safe for a decision to abort the landing or to continue?
  — Les Abend, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• The second goal was to calculate the balloon’s altitude.
  — Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
• On Thursday morning, the company said the spacecraft had moved to a higher altitude and would land at 4:24 p.m.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• Malone did note that his team hasn’t played at home since March 12, however, and hoped the readjustment to the altitude wouldn’t be too severe.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
• When the lander flew over the lip of the crater, the sudden change in altitude below, measured by the laser rangefinder, was interpreted as a mistake.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 26 May 2023
• Finally, the drone can land and release its cargo or drop it from midair, with the drop altitude set by the operator.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
• The flight was cleared for take-off at 8:44 p.m. Witnesses reported that the aircraft struggled to gain altitude.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2023
• For general sightseeing, go with layers—the altitude means cool evenings and mornings, but strong sunshine in the middle of the day.
  — Brandon Presser, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2023
• Birders can inspect the speed, direction and altitude of the migrants.
  — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
• Lower altitudes, in contrast, are becoming too hot for the bugs.
  — Mary Katherine Wildeman, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• The Ingenuity was shown to have ascended to an altitude of 40 feet before the signal was lost.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 21 Jan. 2024
• Travel tip: don’t drink and take edibles in high altitude.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2024
• China has accused the U.S. of flying more than 10 high-altitude balloons through Chinese airspace.
  — Courtney Subramanianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• The operator will use a left-hand controller to govern the ONE’s altitude while the right controls direction.
  — Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 8 June 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024