How to Use aerial in a Sentence

aerial

1 of 2 adjective
  • An aerial search this week couldn't find him.
    — ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • There were new sunspots and rivulet lines over her face, like an aerial map.
    — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • How about an aerial shot, or even a 3D walk-through?
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • The plant can grow as a shrub or as a vine, clinging to trees with aerial roots.
    — Eva Flowe april 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Another linked to a firm that hosts aerial light shows.
    — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 1 June 2026
  • Bloodhounds, boats and aerial units searched the woods and the water.
    — Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Even the aerial shots have the jiggle and quiver of a helicopter, not a drone.
    — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Even the aerial shots have the jiggle and quiver of a helicopter, not a drone.
    — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Or, go by helicopter and get an aerial view of the many whales that frequent the area.
    — Mark Lakin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Upstairs, the study offers a perch for glimpsing an aerial view of the first floor.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But the real stars of the film were the pilots who did the movie’s aerial warfare scenes.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The clip showed a series of aerial strikes, each filmed from the vantage of a combat drone.
    — Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
  • These fighter jets could one day fly with uncrewed aerial platforms or drones.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The flying birds on the overhead aerial track in the aviary are the maze’s highlight.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Cue an aerial shot of the Hollywood sign.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Rhodes did his own aerial maneuver.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Guests on these bespoke flights can remain in the air for aerial views or touch down to explore the parks.
    — Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The rise in aerial attacks by both sides comes amid a relative stalemate on the ground.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
  • Unlike round one, round two will feature rain that is hit or miss in aerial coverage.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • The land trust shot the aerial footage shown here with a drone in early January.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The aerial acrobat who once was Alysa Liu is gone.
    — Elliott Almond, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The researchers launched two aerial drones and started filming.
    — Nathan Rott, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The aerial footage appeared to show at least three bodies covered by sheets outside the mall.
    — John Miller, CNN, 6 May 2023
  • What appears to be structural damage can be seen in aerial photos.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Four aerial water towers were brought in to shoot water on the building.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Fireworks are prohibited on any night when an aerial drone show is held.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The range of this aerial dispersal varies wildly.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The problem with the roads is that it’s been subject to aerial bombardment.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Another shared a video of aerial efforts to find the crew member.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • One video showed an aerial view of the mountain as the helicopter neared the area in which the hikers stood.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024

aerial

2 of 2 noun
  • She tried a new aerial in her last competition.
  • Strength in duels – ground and aerial.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • And China got gold and bronze in the men’s aerials.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Fekete added a yard at center, which was followed by the first aerial of the game.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The combined group will then turn west and make its way to the pier for a joint aerial photo.
    — Joshua Emerson Smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Tracking dogs as well as an aerial until assisted in the search, but to no avail.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Smoke spills across the stage as two lithe men expertly climb a set of elegant aerial silks.
    — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, 27 July 2019
  • The film includes aerials and up-close, intimate footage.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • When the aerial is earthed, part of the carrier wave will be absorbed.
    — The Economist, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Think of aerials as the snow equivalent of the vault in gymnastics.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Why was there no fuel for the government rescue boats, and why was no aerial search mounted for days?
    — New York Times, 10 July 2019
  • The eagle landed on one of the aerials after fire officials set it up, and stayed put for less than a minute.
    — Nicole Darrah, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2018
  • There's no contorting and twisting down a halfpipe or streaking through a mogul field in aerials.
    — Nick Pachelli, Esquire, 16 Feb. 2018
  • In this aerial, a house is on fire in Carbon, Texas, on Friday.
    — NBC News, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Between her razor-sharp dance moves and soaring height on her aerials and leaps, Laurie is a joy to watch.
    — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2016
  • Uhlman, who Drury believes to be one of the best receivers to come through the program, will be the top aerial option.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • The Barons also just missed on two aerials to open receivers behind the last defender.
    — Barry Faulkner, Daily Pilot, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Their perspective is best described as aerial, but the items seem to float as if suspended in time or memory.
    — New York Times, 20 June 2018
  • More than 650 feet of cable arrived, and inmates helped run it from the school to the prison’s central aerial.
    — Elena Becatoros, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The aerial is a progressive maneuver during which the surfer gains speed and uses the wave height to project and launch above the lip of the wave.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021
  • Tiffany did an aerial — a handless cartwheel, body hanging suspended for a moment upside down in the air.
    — Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The surface and aerial shows were preceded by a rocket-belt demonstration, a baseball game and high-wire and trapeze acts.
    — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 4 July 2018
  • Our demo opened with a race that involved all three classes of transportation, with aquatic, aerial, and driving legs all in a row.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 20 June 2017
  • The 36-year-old Peel is a two-time world champion and one of the favorites to win the women’s aerials.
    — Mark Scaglione, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
  • At least 22 people were killed and scores injured after four aerial raids hit a crowded district in Douma.
    — NBC News, 19 June 2017
  • This means most aerials are a no-go, as are firecrackers, ground spinners, Roman candles and bottle rockets.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
  • There’s the promise of high aerial flips on the wire, a human cannon launch and, for something a little tamer, accordion serenades.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2019
  • The small aerial-aquatic glider, which can fit in the palm of your hands, uses a chemical reaction to propel itself out of the water.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Carlson plans to request a professional aerial search with the tribe's approval, after which tribal rangers and guides will begin a ground search for the plane.
    — Perry Vandell, azcentral, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Canada has pledged to send $15 million and water bombers -- a type of aerial firefighting craft -- to help in areas affected by fire.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 27 Aug. 2019

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