How to Use tarmac in a Sentence

tarmac

noun

• All of the men left the jet and were standing on the tarmac.
  — Ben Foldy, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
• The truck rammed through a gate and went onto the tarmac.
  — Julie Luchetta, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
• From the tarmac, Griner spoke on the phone with Biden and wife, Cherelle Griner.
  — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2022
• The men, Warren among them, were lined up on the tarmac.
  — Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022
• Trump climbed the stairs to a platform and waved to a tarmac filled with red.
  — Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2020
• Those aboard the flight deplaned on the tarmac with the help of airstairs and were bussed to the terminal.
  — Dan Carson, Chron, 3 Oct. 2022
• But the trauma in season 1, the shooting on the tarmac, that was such a 180.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• Griner and Bout crossed paths on a tarmac in the United Arab Emirates, the site of the exchange.
  — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• The plane took off, with Stanikzai and his family left on the tarmac.
  — CNN, 31 Aug. 2021
• Some climbed aboard, clinging to the outside as the aircraft gained speed on the tarmac.
  — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2021
• For that one, he was put on a cherry picker and raised 10 feet above the planes, parked on the tarmac.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
• On the tarmac at the Nashua Airport sat a dinky white plane with wings mounted over the fuselage.
  — Kurt G. Schmidt, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• The white car will be set up for desert events, with the red one optimized for tarmac.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2021
• For road games prior to 9/11, the Beavers used to drive their bus onto the tarmac and load a private plane.
  — oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2021
• My initial flight sat on the tarmac for over three hours and was unable to find crew to load the luggage on the plane.
  — New York Times, 11 Oct. 2021
• The airline had the lowest rate of two-hour tarmac delays.
  — Allison Pohle, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
• Only one tarmac road connects the tiny airstrip to the harbor town.
  — Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
• Agholor then turned on the jets and left Hall flat-footed on the tarmac before hauling in Bourne’s pass.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
• The women were ushered back on the tarmac onto a bare windowless plane and asked to sit on the floor.
  — cincinnati.com, 24 Mar. 2022
• And she was left on the tarmac without a clue that her trusty agent Susie gambled away her earnings from the gig.
  — Rachel Schonberger, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2022
• There were courtesy cars on the tarmac waiting to drive the players to their hotels.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2021
• In most lineups, there is at least one trim with off-roading specs, ready to jump off the tarmac and tackle the rocks.
  — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• When Zainab’s massive cargo plane landed and slid along the tarmac, the doors opened and a gush of hot air rushed over the evacuees.
  — Zahra Nader, Time, 20 Aug. 2021
• Get inspired by the looks of 8 women below who nail just-0ff-the-tarmac chic.
  — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 June 2022
• The tarmac is lined with the detritus of those who had run the gauntlet and succeeded.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021
• From space, in fact, the Afghans at the airport don’t look like humans at all but rather tiny dots scattered across a tarmac.
  — Jordan G. Teicher, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2022
• She was told the bees had been removed from the cooler and put on the tarmac because some might have been escaping from the crates.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• Literally getting off the plane, there’s a guy on the tarmac who has the wheelchairs and stuff.
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 29 July 2021
• As a result, the ride felt flat and stable, even through a handful of tight, technical stretches of tarmac at speed.
  — Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2024
• The swap, which took place on the airport tarmac in Ankara, included two dozen people, 16 going to the West and eight being returned to Russia.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024