How to Use airplane in a Sentence

airplane

noun
  • There is an irony in airplanes.
    — Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The worst part was the airplane.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • All of their airplanes are gone.
    — CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That airplane scene stayed with me.
    — Carita Rizzo, Deadline, 16 June 2026
  • What's the best airplane snack?
    — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
  • Russell did not know how to fly an airplane.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Go-to drink order and snack on an airplane?
    — Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Is a black box required on all airplanes?
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Those long airplane flights and long waits in the airport are bad.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The trip was the first time my friend had ever been on an airplane.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022
  • That may not sound like much compared to an airplane or even a car.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Dry airplane cabin air doesn't stand much of a chance against it.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
  • In such a small airplane, would Carlisle have been able to take both men?
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But there’s also a chance the ice didn’t come from an airplane at all.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • There was nothing wrong with the airplane that would have caused alarms to go off.
    — Jeff Wise, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • How does an airplane windshield crack?
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Once the weather cleared, an airplane and three drones were launched to search the area.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Having to rush out of the country to board an airplane.
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
  • For the rest of her life, being on an airplane will remind her.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Telling a joke is like jumping out of an airplane with a parachute.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The clip cut to a video of the athlete and her daughter on an airplane.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • All five adults aboard the Beechcraft 95 airplane were found dead.
    — Nathaniel Percy, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Beats the usual airplane snacks.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This is not the sound of ordinance that's dropped from an airplane.
    — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Not even airplanes flew overhead.
    — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Favorite airplane snack or drink?
    — David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Some even fly on airplanes before they’re released back in the wild.
    — Jason Gulley Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • In the past, Cruise has hung on the sides of skyscrapers and airplanes.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Apr. 2023
  • One of our group flew her own airplane and has great stories of her escapades.
    — David Kravet, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Boarding an airplane doesn’t have to feel chaotic or rushed.
    — Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2026

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