How to Use parachute in a Sentence

parachute

1 of 2 noun

• The supplies were dropped by parachute.
• The pilot was wearing a parachute.
• Around 2:20 three planes started to drop their parachutes across the beach.
  — Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• The Golden Knights parachute team will return to the air and work with children on the ground.
  — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
• Cruise advised him to eject from the plane, then Kimmel dropped on to the stage via parachute.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
• In a matter of seconds, a parachute opened and the pilot floated back to the ground.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• Those catkins release capsules of seed to the wind on parachutes of fluff.
  — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2023
• Couch tried to grab the parachute with his hands but couldn’t, and the group continued to be dragged, the warrant says.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2022
• Then a parachute attached to the net deploys to soften the landing.
  — Jason Sherman, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023
• Lamar woke up with a broken arm and his parachute hanging from a tree.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2022
• The ceiling is covered in white parachute fabric, which breathes in and out.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• Without the benefit of DRS, the Mercedes looks like it’s dragging a parachute on the straights.
  — Rob Reed, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• Photographs released by the Fire Department show the wrecked plane and parachute caught up in the trees about 100 feet from the ground.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
• In the film, Cruise drives a motorcycle off a massive cliff and parachutes safely down to the ground.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 July 2023
• Thanks to an old-fashioned parachute, the only sign of his brush with death was a long scrape along one cheekbone.
  — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
• With a rich sheen, these parachute track pants are date night ready with a pair of stilettos and a mini bag to finish.
  — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Sep. 2022
• His record for the highest balloon ascent and the longest parachute free fall would stand for 52 years.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
• That's exactly what happens to a race car when a drag chute—a small parachute that comes out of the back—is deployed.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
• Swift's dancers flowed onto the stage through fog with pink, purple and orange parachute flaps.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
• Both crews bailed out soon after, floating down to the jungle by parachute.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• Clouds of fog in neon yellow and bright fuchsia gave way to flowing silks and capes that billowed like parachutes in the wind.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
• Yes, Dodge will sell a parachute to stop the Demon 170 after those mad dashes.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
• The 1980s are Finethy’s sweet spot so he was hired to create designs for Dustin’s shirts, such as groovy karate or parachute art and a drama club tee.
  — Kelly Kazek | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2022
• The equipment used to measure wind and temperature floats back to earth on a parachute.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
• Ethan jumps off a cliff on a motorcycle and parachutes into a train car.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
• Both crews ejected by parachute and all four men were rescued.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• Following a review of data from this test, the parachute system would be cleared for a crew flight.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023
• The pilot, who survived, could be seen ejecting with his parachute opening moments before the jet struck the ground, the fire brigade said.
  — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
• Patel said Crooks did not have a parachute on when his body was recovered.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
• That means the agency can’t pinpoint whether beavers still remain in the Chamberlain Basin parachute landing area.
  — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024

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parachute

2 of 2 verb

• The soldiers parachuted in and quickly hid their gear.
• We will parachute supplies in after you arrive.
• New troops were parachuted into enemy territory.
• New troops parachuted into enemy territory.
• The capsule will parachute down at the Utah Test and Training Range.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
• When the balloon burst, the toy cow parachuted safely back to Earth.
  — Fox News, 10 July 2019
• For those guys to have to parachute in and pull that off is difficult.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2019
• The crash, pictured here, gave time for only one of the four crew members to parachute out.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
• The capsule will be released into space and will parachute back to Earth and land near the launch site.
  — Dallas News, 11 June 2021
• Once their job was done, both men would parachute from the airplane to safety.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2021
• Are there a lot of 45-year-old women who parachute into the middle of fires?
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 May 2021
• The sample capsule will parachute into the Utah desert.
  — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2020
• Cruise rode a motorcycle off the edge of a cliff and parachuted to safety on the first day of filming.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 30 June 2023
• In any case, whether for parts big or small, many in Hollywood are more than eager to parachute in.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2022
• The flight is expected to last about 10 minutes from blastoff to parachute landing.
  — CBS News, 11 Dec. 2021
• Dead stars Jolie as the smoke jumper Hannah — one of the expert firefighters trained to parachute into a blaze.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2021
• During that uncrewed flight, the rocket broke apart, but the capsule safely parachuted to the West Texas desert.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
• The capsule will then parachute to safety in the Utah desert with its scientific spoils in tow.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2020
• The spacecraft would stow this bounty in a protective capsule, fly back home, and then parachute it to Earth.
  — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
• The pair aboard the aircraft parachuted to the ground and were then transported to a hospital for surveillance.
  — Madeline Beck, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
• People jump out of perfectly good airplanes, parachute at high speeds down to a pond and then dance across the water for style points.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 6 July 2022
• Hudson said the spiders don't parachute, but rather balloon.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2022
• At the end of September, a canister with some rock samples parachuted into the Utah desert.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
• In 2012, the queen acted in a sketch that appeared to show her jump from a helicopter and parachute into the stadium at the London Olympics.
  — WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
• In the city of masks squirrels parachute on gusts and gales like paratroopers gliding on the buoyancy of regret.
  — Daniel Torday, Wired, 3 Apr. 2020
• Most of these men parachuted in, but more than 1,000 landed in gliders also made of plywood and fabric!
  — Fox News, 7 June 2019
• The actual flight capsule will parachute into the ocean south of San Diego, where a Navy recovery team will await them.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
• In the game, up to 100 players parachute onto a remote island to battle in a winner-take-all showdown.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 May 2022
• In one, bunnies parachute onto rolling green hills while wearing masks.
  — Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2020
• About a minute later, soon after the rocket surpassed the speed of sound, the vehicle triggered the abort maneuver, and the capsule separated from the booster to parachute into the sea.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024