How to Use winglet in a Sentence

winglet

noun

• Even so, our world of winglets doesn’t get us far enough.
  — Christie Aschwanden, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020
• A winglet increases a car’s downforce, which makes the car safer.
  — Gregg Doyel, USA TODAY Sports, 21 May 2017
• The lights sweep toward the fenders like winglets, while the whale-like grille below could swallow an ocean of krill.
  — Henry Payne, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• That also explains the small winglets over the tops of the front wheels and even the spinning fairings that cover the wheels themselves.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2019
• The direction of thrust can be changed rapidly by altering the angle of the winglets.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2019
• Rising ‘winglets’ at outboard tips of narrow LED head lights.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2023
• Not everyone will have the same size concha, of course, but OnePlus also bundles large and small tips and winglets.
  — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 21 May 2018
• Designers enlarged the lower brake cooling ducts, angled them away from the rear wheels, and added winglets.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 21 Sep. 2017
• The airline is also adding new graphics to the winglets, and removing a website graphic from the design.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2023
• The same outside-hinge approach was used for the rear hatch, to prevent any loss of headroom in the back, and to give designers and excuse to use cool little winglet roof covers.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 17 July 2021
• The front splitter, the hood scoop, the fender vents, the aero vanes up on the roof (that actually channel air over the wing), the winglets, the triple-tip exhaust, and the red pinstriped wheels make the Type R seem like a life-sized shout for help.
  — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2018
• The design defects focused on the aircraft’s angle-of-attack sensors, two small winglets on each side of the plane below the cockpit windows.
  — USA Today, 6 Feb. 2020
• Don said—winglets, and cockpit, while the prospective buyer opened a few drawers in the forward galley: bottles of organic ketchup, small-batch hot sauce.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• An American Airlines regional flight hit turbulence over Alabama Tuesday night and lost a piece of its right wing known as the winglet.
  — al, 4 May 2022
• Since then, no accidents or crashes involving the Cessna fleet with the Tamarack winglet system have been reported.
  — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2023
• In Paris, Airbus announced Monday a study to add winglets to make the A380 more fuel-efficient and a denser seat configuration to improve its economics.
  — Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, 19 June 2017
• The trio is developing alloys to manipulate rudders, winglets and other parts of aircrafts and spaceships.
  — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• The aircraft sporting the prototype 'winglet' will be towed out to join others on display at the June 19-25 air show, giving airlines a glimpse of an improvement that Airbus hopes will turn around weak sales of its flagship double-decker.
  — Reuters, Fortune, 17 June 2017
• Klinginsmith says a prototype for the A320 winglet program could be up and flying in seven months, though the company is still working on details surrounding the demonstrator.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2023
• The estates of three people who died in a 2018 plane crash in Southern Indiana have reached a settlement with the aviation company behind a winglet system scrutinized in the incident.
  — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2023
• Glenn is developing an alloy of nickel, titanium and hafnium to manipulate flaps, winglets, rudders and other parts in air and space.
  — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• The default fitting of the OnePlus Bullets Wireless includes silicone winglets alongside medium-sized silicone ear tips.
  — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 21 May 2018
• That jet, the first to debut, promises 8 percent lower operating costs than Airbus’s A320neo jets from upgrades that include new fuel-efficient engines and winglets.
  — Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com, 16 May 2017
• The Max 9 features Boeing's Advanced Technology winglets and fuel efficient engines to provide a quieter ride and the ability to fly farther on less fuel, according to a news release.
  — Andrea Rumbaugh, Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2018
• Many of the improvements involve changes to existing planes — like adding winglets to wings, which reduce drag and improve efficiency by a few percentage points, or replacing older engines with more efficient models.
  — Henry Fountain, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2016

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024