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.
• Few riders were able to nail down the proper technique to keep from going airborne.
  — Liliana Webb and Layla McMurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2022
• Monkeypox may also spread through an airborne route in closed areas.
  — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2022
• That had the bonus effect of eliminating the airborne allergens that were in play.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• The benefits go beyond protecting children and adults alike from airborne disease spread.
  — Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2024
• Monkeypox isn’t an airborne virus, so masks make a difference only when someone in your household actively has it.
  — Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022
• The term was either used to describe cases such as Naomi who were hit by airborne objects or those who were in trailers that were lifted and injured.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
• Once the dragonflies are airborne, a water feature is not imperative to attract them as foraging adults.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
• Water vapor rises from the sea, turning into droplets that cling to microscopic airborne particles, like sea-salt aerosols, to form clouds.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
• The airborne particles created when the primer explodes infiltrates the air in the immediate area.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2022
• Experts said those ventilation levels could increase the risk of airborne-disease transmission as well as lower the ability of students to think and learn in classrooms with stale air.
  — oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2022
• When one skater went airborne for a tailslide, scraping the Pulaski stonework with the edge of his deck, Fuchs pointed an index finger upward as if the sound were perfuming the air.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
• Intense wildfires are burning more frequently, creating hazardous smoke and airborne particles that affect air quality.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 20 Aug. 2022
• The minuscule particles can become airborne and spread easily, contaminating your home.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 3 Sep. 2024
• The fourth video shows the drone airborne to the sound of cheering from the ground crew.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Alongside the airborne crafts were kites of all shapes and sizes.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• And the sheer amount of time spent airborne over whoops and jumps absolutely boggles the mind.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
• 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
• Hawthorne will be the first agency to test out the dedicated 911 drones, with plans to have a small fleet airborne by the end of this year.
  — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
• This helps stop the spread of the fungi, which becomes airborne as walls and flooring are removed.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
• The Buick then struck a curb, went airborne, struck the railroad overhead signal and then overturned.
  — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2023
• In addition, the Marburg virus is not an airborne virus.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024