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.
• Severe wind caused the airborne parasail to drag the boat, leading the captain to cut the line.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 1 June 2022
• But as wind erodes the crust over time, those contaminants become airborne.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2022
• Ukrainian pilots scrambled to get their planes airborne before they could be destroyed.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
• In battling an airborne threat, indoor air quality has gained immense awareness.
  — George Negron, Forbes, 3 June 2022
• Alfaro’s airborne theater was just one of three plays that underscored how tight outcomes have become for the Padres.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022
• On farms with outbreaks, airborne dust, as well as the straw and hay that the mink bed down on, can be highly contaminated with virus, Dutch researchers found.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 22 May 2022
• It is not yet known which genetic changes would allow H5N1 to better infect humans, or become airborne.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
• The pandemic made this worse as people crowded together inside their homes and became infected by one airborne virus while trying to avoid another.
  — Lauren Gravitz, Scientific American, 19 May 2022
• President Joe Biden called on the VA last year to examine the impact of burn pits and other airborne hazards.
  — Kevin Freking, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022
• In short, most air purifiers clean indoor air by pulling it through a filter which traps toxins and unwanted airborne particles before releasing the air back into the room.
  — Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2022
• In Wednesday’s game against the Knights, Tenerowicz tripled to left field — sending two Louisville runners home — and went airborne while diving to third base.
  — Jeremiah Holloway, The Courier-Journal, 11 June 2022
• Players command infantry, armored vehicles, artillery and airborne regiment during the game.
  — Justin L. MacK, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
• Bill Gladden, 98, took part to the D-Day British airborne operation and was later shot while defending the bridge.
  — Sylvie Corbet and Jeff Schaeffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022
• The airborne infantryman earned numerous distinctions from the service, including for work during a combat deployment in Afghanistan.
  — al, 13 May 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024