How to Use skywriting in a Sentence

skywriting

noun
  • The pattern was as clear as skywriting; the balls seemed to hang in the air.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
  • The list of locations and skywriting schedules are posted on the project website.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 3 July 2020
  • Part of the plan incorporates — or at least uses — one of Mr. Moynihan’s last great pieces of skywriting.
    Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2016
  • The team’s jets are equipped with a unique skywriting system designed to produce the colors of the Italian flag during demonstrations.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Since retirement, he has been known for funding skywriting that has appeared over Jazz Fest and during Mardi Gras.
    Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 8 May 2017
  • So, who or what is behind the skywriting that had many Phoenix-area residents commenting on social media?
    azcentral, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Some of them are dated—skywriting as a form of resistance—and his list doesn’t stretch to cover the myriad possibilities that the Internet presents.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 3 June 2020
  • Both sides have been accused of forcing unwanted messages on the public, either through skywriting campaigns (no), or mass unsolicited text messages (yes).
    Lucie Morris-Marr, CNN, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Compared to the beleaguered art of skywriting, skytyping remains a popular form of aerial advertising, reaching even for audiences glued to their mobile phones.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 3 July 2020
  • There was no skywriting, no zeppelin, no annunciatory angel; the press alone was responsible for staving off disaster.
    Andrew Kahn, Slate Magazine, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Zigi shippers! Stop everything, because Gigi Hadid just declared her undying love for Zayn in what will henceforth be known as the social-media equivalent of romantic skywriting.
    Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 28 Feb. 2017

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