How to Use from above in a Sentence

from above

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  • One of the best ways to take it all in is from above.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Could fall from above and break your window.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Keep giving us all those signs from above 🖤✨.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • There are few better ways to take it all in than from above.
    — Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And yet, so his own eyes tell us, that strength of his is all from above.
    — Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Hip bones are jutting out once more from above low-rise jeans.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
  • And the only way to have dealt with that would have been from above.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Big Mark is watching him from above.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And that just gives us more confidence from above.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Crews used a ladder truck to spray water from above.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Video from above showed what appeared to be a truck that rolled over across the lanes.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Seen from above, the frog is dark brown with slightly paler sides and fingers.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
  • But her dog, still in her arms, was shaking as the booms from above sounded.
    — NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • There’s a part of me that kind of feels like Dale is guiding you from above.
    — Ben Salmon, SPIN, 28 May 2024
  • There is a black patch around the eye and a white stripe extending back from above the eye.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Its leaves were glossy and dark green, its bark riven like a mountain range seen from above.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Park in the lot and take the short walking trail up to the rim for gorgeous views from above.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
  • The place also looks somewhat like a sea turtle when viewed from above.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Scott started climbing, as Tony clutched the rope from above.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Have your elf hang out and keep an eye on your kids' activity from above.
    — Corinne Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2022
  • From one perspective, the shape is an island seen from above.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The performers grind and moan as rain pours from above and a wind machine roars.
    — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • To the couple, the butterfly was a sign from above.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Just past the entry way in the dining area, the glass garden beams from above.
    — Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Seen from above, the frog is mostly copper brown with some lighter patches.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Seen from above, its back has a network-like pattern of black markings.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • See Walt Disney World from above.
    — Carlye Wisel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Left, Gilbert on the Kayak, and right, what the water looks like from above.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • His remains have then been shot into space via satellite, which the gang then spots from above.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022
  • As with them, his face is lit from above by a blinding white flash that hits his ash blond hair like a spotlight.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023

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