How to Use overfly in a Sentence

overfly

verb

• The jets overflew the stadium.
• Clarke said his airline is also free to overfly Russia, and does so on routes to the U.S. west coast.
  — Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2022
• Flights that normally overfly the Ukraine or Russia have been shifted and are now longer.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• The North Korean missile was the fifth to pass over Japanese territory and the first since 2009 to overfly the main islands of Japan.
  — Jonathan Cheng and Peter Landers, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2017
• In the end, the flight landed safely—but not before overflying one plane and descending below 100 feet above ground.
  — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2017
• To avoid the political complications of overflying countries on such a raid, the route to the Mediterranean lay farther south than the shortest great-circle course.
  — William Langewiesche, The Atlantic, 21 June 2018
• Those wishing to overfly the mountainous country need to file a flight plan, but in general, overflights are often approved.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 July 2020
• On Monday, alarm bells sounded in Japan when a North Korean missile overflew its northern provinces.
  — Graham Allison, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2017
• They are used by arriving airplanes and by airplanes overflying.
  — John Cox, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2017
• And despite the frequency of tests, overflying Japan is an escalation.
  — Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2017
• The missiles could strike both U.S. and other foreign navy vessels and military planes that regularly overfly the area, actions that Chinese forces often counter or protest.
  — Christopher Bodeen, Fox News, 8 May 2018
• So all those planes arriving from south of Seattle — the majority — must fly north past the airport, overflying either Eastside cities or Puget Sound to the west, then turn southward in an arc for final approach.
  — Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, 25 Oct. 2018
• The railroad is also testing drones to overfly its property and infrared motion detectors to find trespassers.
  — Andrew Boryga, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• After launching, the rocket will make a dogleg around Miami in Southern Florida but will overfly Cuba.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2019
• This pilotless plane was dropped first from a Blackbird and later from beneath the wing of a B-52 to overfly China in the early '70s, observing nuclear testing facilities and troop movements.
  — Phil Patton, WIRED, 1 Mar. 1996
• For the moment, air crew unions seem reassured that the rules on overflying China won’t be a dramatic change to current regulations – but Cathay’s management is on notice that Beijing can turn the issue into a more potent weapon.
  — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
• The Open Skies Treaty allows members countries to overfly one another, confirming that one country has adhered to arms control agreements and promoting transparency.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2020
• In the meantime, any plans for travel that might overfly Russia or any of Eastern Europe should include regular information from your airline to see if the departure time, flight time and other possible changes, such as a technical stop.
  — John Cox, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2022
• Could Japan shoot down North Korean missiles overflying its territory?
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024