How to Use liftoff in a Sentence

liftoff

noun

• Thousand of spectators gathered to watch the liftoff of the space shuttle.
• The stars of Fly Me to the Moon are preparing for liftoff.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
• But as much as the band fires up its engines, the record rarely achieves liftoff.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
• With all that, why does the film never quite achieve liftoff?
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2021
• The song — which is teased at various points in the show — is given quite the liftoff at the end.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
• As with any rocket launch, there's a lot at stake with this liftoff.
  — NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
• But for extra liftoff, a speedy blow-dry will add swoosh.
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2022
• How steep the liftoff remains to be seen — although this week could be telling.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2022
• But investors wanted too much, a liftoff on top of a liftoff.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
• Last week, the company posted a list of all the tests that have been done on the thrusters since liftoff.
  — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
• Visit the town during a launch and see liftoff in person.
  — Caroline McKenzie, Country Living, 16 Nov. 2022
• The Cygnus was released to fly on its own 14-and-a-half minutes after liftoff.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2024
• After liftoff, the rocket will tear past the speed of sound, and near the top of its flight path, will detach from the capsule.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 21 Mar. 2022
• And now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dashed chances for a liftoff in 2022.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 19 May 2022
• If liftoff is postponed to Friday, the forecast is 80% go.
  — Mark Skoneki, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Dec. 2020
• The Starship will loop around the planet and splash down north of Hawaii about 90 minutes after liftoff.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023
• Each four-legged lander is about the size of a small car and weighed about 3,900 pounds at liftoff—most of that weight was propellant.
  — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
• Elon Musk coming to him before liftoff last year to ease any of his concerns.
  — Eric Niiler, Wired, 10 June 2021
• The plan called for the booster to peel away from the spacecraft minutes after liftoff, but that didn’t happen.
  — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Blue Origin rocket veered off course over West Texas about a minute after liftoff.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022
• Nothing has achieved liftoff on a real groove yet and the crowd is looking puzzled.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• By the time liftoff occurred about an hour later, the astronaut felt dry.
  — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2022
• This will be the biggest liftoff in a long, long time and the 322-foot SLS has been billed as the most powerful rocket ever.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2022
• The South’s military tracked the flight from its liftoff at about 3:50 a.m. from the North’s Tongchang-ri area, and also declared it a failure.
  — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
• The satellite, named Barry, is set for liftoff later this year aboard a SpaceX rocket.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• The craft landed back on Earth about 10 minutes after liftoff, buoyed by a trio of parachutes.
  — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2021
• The shock of the rocket’s liftoff damaged the launchpad, scattering large chunks of debris across the area and into the shoreline.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• Sparkly moon boots were on order for Chanel's show, which achieved liftoff via a giant rocket in the middle of the floor.
  — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022
• Put another way, past declines only built a larger base for the eventual liftoff.
  — Bret Kenwell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• Another liftoff attempt was scheduled for October 13, but the mission was delayed again due to a problem with the vehicle’s GPS.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024