How to Use the tarmac in a Sentence

the tarmac

noun

• The women, too, clasped arms and kissed on the tarmac in Qatar.
  — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 19 Sep. 2023
• And yet, there was Scholten on the tarmac in Grand Rapids when Jill’s plane touched down that evening.
  — Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
• Add a pesky paparazzo on the tarmac to the mix, and tensions were high.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• On the tarmac in Lod, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, they are met by chevra kadisha members.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
• The airline also did not say how long the plane was on the tarmac or how warm the plane cabin got.
  — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 18 July 2023
• One time, in the case of Nevin, Axelrod was waiting on the tarmac to unwind things and stir the pot.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
• Its engines were running like mad, but for once — and for much too long — it was stuck on the tarmac.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2023
• Private planes sit parked on the tarmac in Scottsdale, Ariz.
  — WSJ, 4 July 2023
• A number of social media users said they were stuck on planes on the tarmac.
  — Rebecca Emery, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The touchdown Footage shows the aircraft touchdown on the tarmac when a part of the plane's wheel detaches and bounces into the air.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
• There had been incidents on the tarmac in Port-au-Prince in which migrants refused to get off the planes.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
• Harris joined him on the tarmac to share in the celebration.
  — Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Aug. 2024
• Officials said, at that time of day and in that area, there were no other humans on the tarmac.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
• According to local outlets, the car breached the fence line at the airport and drove onto the tarmac.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2023
• There's just one shot of all of us, oiled up, shirtless, doing the most erotic dances on the tarmac before even going to the beach.
  — Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
• Imagine the thought of that Haagen-Dazs in the baggage compartment when the plane sits for hours on the tarmac in Phoenix waiting to take off.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
• As long as the tarmac doesn’t twist too hard, the Benz’s path remains controllable with a firm grasp of the wheel and a cautious command of the throttle.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
• If a plane is stuck on the tarmac, the captain might shut down a main engine, which is the best source to power the air conditioning.
  — Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
• That will reduce the time flyers spend on the tarmac taxiing and waiting for takeoff.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024
• The reptiles around the base made a nuisance of themselves by crawling onto the tarmac to bask in the sun or clambering up from the water to lounge near the planes.
  — Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• The first lady and the governor embraced on the tarmac, and the president and Green walked arm in arm to the waiting motorcade.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
• The airline crew allowed Alford to walk on the tarmac and personally load the evidence in the cargo hold of the plane—last bags in.
  — Time, 2 Oct. 2023
• After 22 days on the tarmac at one of the world's busiest airports, Maia, a Chihuahua mix, is the ultimate survivor.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
• While the airplane sat on the tarmac, the flight crew waiting for clearance to take off, a tumult broke out among the migrants in the cabin and the officers were attacked.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2023
• Large containers littered the tarmac, while boxes and packages clogged the docks.
  — Dan Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• Police were ready on the Charlotte runway when the plane hit the tarmac, but Wells continued to carry on even after the landing.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 June 2024
• The video, which was shared on the team's account on X, formerly Twitter, shows a worker taking the bags off a ramp and throwing them onto the tarmac.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
• Or like a pilot on the tarmac passing on a last hint to us passengers that we might be advised to disembark?
  — Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• The plane sits on the tarmac without moving for 92 horrendous minutes.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• After the plane landed, in Rapid City, Kennedy, who was twenty-nine, was arrested on the tarmac, an event that made national news.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024