How to Use fuselage in a Sentence

fuselage

noun
  • From there, the air pours downwards -- not lengthways through the fuselage.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2020
  • On the big ships, the next important step is removal of the fuselage.
    Hall Hibbard, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The wings make lift happen, but also disrupt that smooth air over the fuselage.
    Rob Verger, Popular Science, 28 Sep. 2020
  • That’s why the plane’s fuselage has its blimpy shape, and why the wings are located towards the back.
    Rob Verger, Popular Science, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Wings as well as fuselage and pontoons were of metal, and the gas was carried in the pontoons.
    Christoper Spregg, Popular Mechanics, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Last month the company grounded eight planes over a problem with the joining of parts of the 787's fuselage.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The An-2 stored pesticides in a tank in its fuselage, ensuring enough cargo room for the plane to take on all kinds of different roles.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The fuselage and tail section were intact; the wings had separated from the airplane but were still connected by cables, the report said.
    Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Images from the scene Friday showed a broken fuselage with pieces of the plane scattered across what appeared to be a field, as well as people searching through the debris.
    Manveena Suri, CNN, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Together, the flaws cause the fuselage sections to fall short of the planemaker’s standards for withstanding stress, creating a risk of in-flight failure.
    Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Investigators found dark green paint from the Piper on the rear fuselage of the de Havilland, according to the report.
    Tom Krisher, Star Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Travelers can find an old 727 airplane fuselage hanging over the jungle in Costa Rica.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The back one's tilt down, the front one's tilt up to stop the sheer forces in the fuselage.
    Michael Calore, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
  • While the plane spiraled to the ground, its fuselage tore apart in midair, videos of the crash showed.
    Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The fuselage and wings of the Bora will be built in Georgia.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Lightning cracked the sky and the blue light of St. Elmo’s fire danced around the fuselage.
    Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Upon liftoff, a key sensor on the left side of the fuselage failed.
    Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • That’s because the old plane’s fuselage will be used as a stage and dance floor.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 July 2021
  • The tail of a small plane could be seen behind a blue tarp used to cover the fuselage.
    al, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Next, the middle section of the fuselage was lowered and attached to the wings.
    Niraj Chokshi Lindsey Wasson, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The engines are mounted on the rear of the fuselage, on either side.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The batteries will be 50% of the takeoff weight and make up the fuselage of the plane near where the wings attach.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The plane’s fuselage was 225 feet long and the tail stood as tall as a six-story building.
    Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The air stairs, which unfold from the right side of the fuselage, are the only way in and out of the vehicle.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2021
  • The fuselage and wings were in a vacant lot on Edgemoor Lane.
    Washington Post, 5 June 2021
  • Bits of a fuselage and part of a tail with some lettering on it.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • When the plane touched down at the end of its flight, the wheels of one fuselage hit the ground while the other side of the aircraft remained in the air.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2021
  • But it was found next to part of the main fuselage, with what appeared to be all the cable rolled up on a spool.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Their bodies were found pinned under the fuselage at the bottom of the ocean about 7 miles off Martha’s Vineyard a few days later.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
  • The fuselage skidded into the jungle and split into three neat segments, and the cockpit rolled upside down, somehow sparing the two pilots, who fled on foot.
    Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024

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