How to Use altitude in a Sentence

altitude

noun
  • The plane lost altitude rapidly.
  • Some visitors find it difficult to adjust to the city's high altitude.
  • When the plane is at cruising altitude, the risk will be at its lowest.
    Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022
  • The aid stations are far away, the weather can be stormy and the altitude is challenging.
    Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 15 July 2022
  • Think of vertical wind shear as the difference in wind between the surface and higher altitudes.
    Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Oxygen at higher altitudes can produce red and green colors, while nitrogen can contribute to purples, pinks, and blues.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The physical conditions alone on Denali — the high altitude, the extreme cold, the exhaustion — are a challenge for even the most seasoned mountaineers.
    Longreads, 19 July 2022
  • From a high-altitude region in northwest Spain, dark fruit is the star in this wine, bursting with raspberry and blueberry, medium bodied with smooth, fine tannins and a bit of licorice spice.
    Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • There was a weak high-altitude disturbance evident that might have helped kick off storms over the region, independent of the activity that was mainly confined to the mountains.
    Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022
  • On the screen, the readings of altitude and range ticked up and down.
    Andrew E. Kramer Nicole Tung, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The altitude and the woods that protect that little terroir help the freshness and acidy of this wine.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Not even the altitude of Bolivia will be enough to turn around that scoreline.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Off paved roads and even off roads of any kind, the Trooper will cruise along in fine style, even at 7000-foot altitudes.
    Pete Lyons, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023
  • That color comes from the rocket gaining enough altitude to be in line of sight with the Sun.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The burn raised the space station’s altitude by 2/10 of a mile, according to the space agency.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The altitude made my arms feel heavy and my temples tight, but the view and the Andean mint tea soon soothed my symptoms.
    Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The new cafe still sells its famed doughnuts made with a secret recipe to fry dough at high altitude.
    Lori Rackl, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
  • And the altitude at which freezing persists year-round has risen sharply.
    Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Speaking of which, the vessel can fly to a max altitude of 700 feet above ground level.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2022
  • In the afternoon, the sun can be more intense at high altitude.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Because of the altitude, the fences are set back farther, making the gaps bigger.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Before the end, when the rocket reached a peak altitude just short of 40 km, as many as eight engines appeared to have gone out.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023
  • As the plane gained altitude, Ringo jumped on Miranda’s chest.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • This gives you more control and helps your puff gain some real altitude.
    Melissa Clark, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • But—just maybe—someone or something could help give it a boost back up to its initial altitude of 373 miles.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The altitude in Park City can be a doozy, so get ahead of it by doubling your daily water intake.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Two more games in altitude could make a big difference there.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
  • Then the giddiness of low altitude was surpassed by the sight of a baby blue Porsche 911 Carrera.
    New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2024
  • But the Air Force had a dismal record of putting bombs near the target in Japan, mostly because of the winds at high altitude over the island kingdom.
    Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The brutality of a straight line From an altitude of 1,000 feet, the story becomes more clear.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024

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