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.
• The fourth video shows the drone airborne to the sound of cheering from the ground crew.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Thus the thrust by elite airborne forces in the war's opening hours.
  — Robert Burns, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2022
• Alongside the airborne crafts were kites of all shapes and sizes.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
• In the footage, the Tesla goes airborne for a few seconds.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 21 Mar. 2022
• The effect of airborne dust, soot, grit and aerosols is still hard to pin down.
  — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
• 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
• Severe wind caused the airborne parasail to drag the boat, leading the captain to cut the line.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 1 June 2022
• 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
• Two people died of the airborne illness in the Kansas City area.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
• Profar’s airborne beauty helped the Padres avoid all of that.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2022
• And then this morning, the space telescope was airborne.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2021
• This item was, at best, a silly response to what turned out to be an airborne virus.
  — New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021
• While the plane was airborne, Cooper put on a parachute, opened a door and jumped out of the plane never to be seen again.
  — Keith Langston, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
• 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
• After skidding through a turn, the car went airborne and crashed into a fence and shed near Gaffney Lane and Berta Drive.
  — oregonlive, 5 May 2022
• The combination of dry air and gusty breezes means pollen should be very airborne.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
• 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 coronavirus spreads through tiny, airborne droplets known as aerosols.
  — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2021
• Rush threw the fade to Cooper, who extended his arms to secure the airborne catch.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
• The problem is that measles is contagious and airborne.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
• Most unvaccinated people will contract measles if they're exposed to the airborne virus, which can linger for up to two hours indoors.
  — Amy Maxmen, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 9 Mar 2025