How to Use airwaves in a Sentence
airwaves
plural noun-
That’s when the band struck up a song that was all over the airwaves at the time.
— J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 19 Mar. 2021 -
Those groups were the titans of the airwaves back then and with good reason.
— Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022 -
Those four guys pretty much ran the airwaves for a while.
— Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2022 -
But the safety band, as the airwaves are known, has yet to live up to that promise.
— Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020 -
And the discord isn’t confined to the airwaves and the Internet.
— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021 -
But as rock ‘n’ roll took over the airwaves, Capitol Records failed to adapt.
— Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021 -
The first attack ads of the Ohio Supreme Court races are hitting the airwaves today.
— cleveland, 12 Oct. 2022 -
Consumers are mostly left in the dark about when their beloved teams might return to the airwaves.
— Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2021 -
At one point, a friend alerted him to its use on the airwaves, and Lemberger called in to chat about it.
— Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2021 -
This marks the Globes’ return to the airwaves following a one-year break when the show wasn’t televised.
— Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2023 -
Since when does Fox care about vile words being heard on its airwaves?
— BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021 -
The focus on crime has increased on the airwaves as Election Day nears.
— Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2022 -
The idea of coming back to the airwaves started in an innocuous way.
— Dallas News, 11 Oct. 2022 -
The occasion of Sheeran’s chat on the Aussie airwaves was a special one.
— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2022 -
For decades, musicians have griped about players and haters on the airwaves.
— María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022 -
Once his days as a player were done, Bill Russell took to the airwaves to try his hand as a broadcaster.
— Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022 -
Trump has been unable to compete with Biden over the airwaves and has relied on rallies to fire up his base.
— Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2020 -
Christmas trees are going up around the country, Mariah Carey is back on the airwaves, and Josh Groban has a new record out.
— Billboard Staff, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2020 -
The ballpark and airwaves were abuzz Saturday night with the return of Duane Kuiper to the Giants’ broadcast booth.
— John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 July 2021 -
Prince William and Kate Middleton are taking over the airwaves!
— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2022 -
After eight seasons on the airwaves, hit daytime talk show The Real is coming to a close.
— Rivea Ruff, Essence, 8 Apr. 2022 -
So far, Simon and outside groups have spent over $3 million on the airwaves for Simon.
— Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2022 -
The event was traumatic — and a 14-year-old Elizabeth took to the airwaves to offer moral support.
— Susan Keating, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Many carriers shut down their 2G networks over the years to free up airwaves for 4G networks.
— Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2021 -
When those three episodes hit the airwaves, Child nitpicked them endlessly.
— Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 16 Nov. 2021 -
After more than a year of the airwaves, Euphoria will return to HBO for two special episodes.
— Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 3 Dec. 2020 -
On the same day as the interview with Ms. Winfrey, Queen Elizabeth will also be on the airwaves.
— Max Colchester, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2021 -
Short on campaign cash, Trump has been unable to compete with Biden over the airwaves and has relied on rallies to fire up his base.
— Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2020 -
Many of its airwaves are in a frequency band called n70, which current phones don't support.
— Sascha Segan, PCMAG, 12 July 2022 -
In contrast to Trump, President-elect Joe Biden has deployed his health experts to hit the airwaves.
— Oliver Darcy, CNN, 14 Nov. 2020
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