How to Use airborne in a Sentence

airborne

adjective
  • Once the plane was airborne I loosened my seat belt.
  • Thousands of airborne troops parachuted behind enemy lines.
  • The fourth video shows the drone airborne to the sound of cheering from the ground crew.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Thus the thrust by elite airborne forces in the war's opening hours.
    — Robert Burns, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Alongside the airborne crafts were kites of all shapes and sizes.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
  • In the footage, the Tesla goes airborne for a few seconds.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The effect of airborne dust, soot, grit and aerosols is still hard to pin down.
    — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
  • The crew lost its battle to stay airborne, and the Italia plunged onto the ice, tail first.
    — Diana Preston, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Part of the issue, the CDC explains, is that measles is airborne.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
  • But there remain risks even when the flight is, is airborne.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The truck became airborne, then overturned, and came to a rest in a creek on its top side.
    — Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The car went airborne while crossing the tracks, police said, and ran off the roadway at a curve.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Severe wind caused the airborne parasail to drag the boat, leading the captain to cut the line.
    — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 1 June 2022
  • The storms are airborne rivers of water vapor pushed by wind.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The fatal flight was the first time the plane went airborne after the inspection, the report says.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Plane, true to its title, is at its best when airborne.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 11 Jan. 2023
  • All lanterns float on the water and do not become airborne.
    — courant.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Measles is an airborne illness that can cause rash, fever, red eyes and cough.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Two people died of the airborne illness in the Kansas City area.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Once a Virgin Galactic ship was airborne, the fate of the ship and its crew was in the pilot’s hands.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Profar’s airborne beauty helped the Padres avoid all of that.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2022
  • And then this morning, the space telescope was airborne.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2021
  • This item was, at best, a silly response to what turned out to be an airborne virus.
    — New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021
  • While the plane was airborne, Cooper put on a parachute, opened a door and jumped out of the plane never to be seen again.
    — Keith Langston, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • And the sheer amount of time spent airborne over whoops and jumps absolutely boggles the mind.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
  • That ash can stay airborne for months, spreading a smoke screen that acts like a cataract on the night sky over thousands of miles.
    — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • What’s more, the house is airborne; it will be lifted 50 feet above the New Mexico desert via a large crane.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
  • The car struck an embankment and went airborne before plowing through the rear wall of a home.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The wind stirs up pollen into the air, keeping counts high, while rain lowers airborne pollen any time of day, affecting allergies.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
  • While Barco was on patrol in November with his platoon, a car laden with explosives swerved and went airborne, erupting in flames.
    — Quil Lawrence, NPR, 4 Apr. 2025

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