How to Use aeronaut in a Sentence

aeronaut

noun

• Prescot also brought renowned Swedish aeronaut Per Lindstrand aboard to pilot the balloon.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Dec. 2019
• James then seeks out Amelia Wren, an aeronaut who recently lost her husband, to help co-pilot his expedition.
  — Umber Bhatti, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2019
• A pair of French aeronauts touched down yesterday in western Portugal less than three miles from the Atlantic to win the oldest, and perhaps simplest, aeronautical race in the world.
  — Jason Paur, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2009
• That thread gets developed in stultifying flashbacks that detail Amelia's efforts to strike out on her own as an aeronaut after her husband falls to his death during one of their rides together.
  — Mark Lieberman, Houston Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2019
• Intrepid aeronauts of the past really did make a parachute of the balloon and witness butterflies at surprisingly high altitudes.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Dec. 2019
• Jones portrays a well-off widow named Amelia Wren, an idealistic, gifted yet fictional aeronaut who’d rather hover on the edge of the atmosphere than adhere to the typical duties expected of the women of her era.
  — Tomris Laffly, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024