How to Use take flight in a Sentence

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  • Fury of the Gods failed to take flight at the box office.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The birds had tried to take flight, only to plunge back to the ground.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The trio of players did not get a chance to take flight in any of the jets.
    Barry Wilner, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The Marvels is struggling to take flight at the box office.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Your goal is not to flap your arms like a bird to take flight, like the name suggests—squeezing is the name of the game here.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The witches will take flight from Coleman Park at 4 p.m. on Oct. 22.
    Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Oh Joe Burrow, my love for you shines bright,In the pocket, your skills take flight.
    Hana Khalyleh, The Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Here’s the final prompt for your personal brand to take flight.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Humans and minute pirate bugs clash when the bugs take flight in late summer.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Lovebird was the unlucky contestant to take flight from the show first.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Like the pigeon, Lizzy's career is struggling to take flight.
    Thomas Page, Cnn, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Don’t simply point to the runway and expect your agency to take flight.
    Jodi Amendola, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • In this iteration of the game, players no longer take to the field; instead, drones take flight.
    Gideon Kimbrell, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Step into the world of Nice Art Gallery and let your imagination take flight.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Culler has spotted turtles sunning in the water and watched snowy egrets take flight.
    Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The box comes with 484 Lego bricks that allow your child’s creativity to take flight.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Chris Pine is surprised that Wonder Woman 3 failed to take flight.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 May 2024
  • Dressed and ready to take flight, Dino and Baby Dino are some of the familiar balloon faces set to glide over the streets.
    CBS News, 24 Nov. 2022
  • For a birds-eye view, stunning photos, and a thrilling experience, take flight over the Great Blue Hole.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Jonathan Hayden changed up the tone with floral and abstract printed skirts, dresses, and a dreamy gown that seemed to take flight in the Harlem night’s cool breeze.
    Alexis Bennet, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Still, no doves take flight, literally or in our hearts.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Also, aircraft take flight from the prominent mesa that acts as the hub of this Table Top/Airport Mesa loop hike.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The offspring take flight with their moms in the summer months, creating the nightly spectacle.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The lessons learned from this plane will be put into a second version of the Mk-II Aurora, which could take flight before the end of this year or early in 2024.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile moral injury research at Litz’s lab and elsewhere was starting to take flight.
    Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Although the large Vulcan rocket was still in development at the time, it was expected to take flight within the next year or so.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
  • These are just some of the experiments that will soon take flight on a lunar journey – and their findings could change the future of space exploration.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Yearwood, one of the greatest singers in this genre, or any genre, received a too-brief medley of three songs with Carly Pearce that never really had a chance to take flight.
    Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
  • Upon making the award, an Air Force official said the military believed Vulcan would soon be ready to take flight.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
  • By mid-July, thousands of grasshoppers take flight, and can migrate several miles.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024

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