How to Use flyover in a Sentence

flyover

noun
  • Here is how the Rose Bowl looked from the stealth bomber during the pregame flyover.
    oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2020
  • To be there last year and all the pageantry that comes with it, the flyovers and everything.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2019
  • The flyover is scheduled for 6:45 p.m.; game starts at 7 p.m.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • There was a flyover by a B-2 stealth bomber, the world’s most expensive plane.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Nor could modern flyovers find even a fraction of the war’s traces.
    Nick Stockton, WIRED, 9 July 2018
  • The flyover begins at 7 p.m. Thursday and lasts one hour.
    Allen Kim, CNN, 7 May 2020
  • The flyover had arrived, and after the cheers and applause for the jets was over, the crowd continued singing.
    Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Such storms could cause the Pentagon to call off the flyovers that Mr. Trump wants so badly.
    Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • One of the favorite traditions of the Indy 500 in recent years is the pre-race flyover.
    Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2023
  • The time and flight path is expected to be announced 24 hours before the flyover.
    Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2020
  • Watch for the manta rays in the water, and each sunset there’s a massive flyover by fox bats.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • In the Southern Cemetery, known as al-Qarafa, the new flyover plows through a nearly 1-mile swath once dense with graves.
    Lee Keath, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • And in recent years, there has been an explosion of big flags, flyovers.
    Fox News, 6 June 2018
  • The ceremony will conclude with a B-25 Bomber flyover and the firing of the ship’s cannon.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The Navy flyover for the game in Glendale also will pass over the park just after the national anthem.
    John Marshall, ajc, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The event will include guest speakers, taps and tossing of wreath over the ship along with a missing-man flyover and parachute jump.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022
  • Social media was also abuzz with outrage at the prospect of a flyover.
    Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2020
  • For the first time in Super Bowl history, an all-women group of navy pilots will perform the flyover ahead of the game.
    Kinsey Crowley, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In response to the recent flyover, Molder said the City of Columbia has its own story to tell.
    al, 26 June 2020
  • At this point, the center includes a flyover video and renderings.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
  • If the event were to expand to five days, practice flyovers would continue with a Monday start date.
    Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Anyway, the wedding is sure to be a modest thing, with swans, fairy godmothers and Air Force flyovers.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • For most people watching the Super Bowl, the pre-game flyover lasts little more than a few seconds.
    The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Among the hours-long pomp and circumstance, perhaps the pair’s favorite part may be the annual flyover.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2021
  • Hours later, Trump arrived, his plane buzzing the crowd with a flyover before landing.
    Michael C. Bender, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The Sussexes partook in one of the most relatable aspects of married life: the in-law flyover.
    Vulture, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Instead of the balloons this year, the Speedway will continue adding a second flyover to the pre-race show at the conclusion of the Back Home Again song.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The national anthem will be sung by Lupita Infante and there will be a flyover from two F-35 planes.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Five flyover ramps will make up the interchange between the I-10 and South Mountain Freeway.
    Laura Gómez, azcentral, 21 June 2018
  • This will be their first time investing in NFL games in such a flyover capacity.
    Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Oct. 2024

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