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 war on drugs — long fought on the ground — is now airborne.
    — Tania Navarro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Dust that has gone airborne can make the snow darker.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The model in the works won’t be airborne.
    — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
  • These things are flung off a pier with the hope of going airborne.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 July 2025
  • The airborne virus can spread when someone coughs or sneezes.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The airborne virus can spread when someone coughs or sneezes.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Alongside the airborne crafts were kites of all shapes and sizes.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
  • Once airborne, people on the ground may not hear it at all.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Thus the thrust by elite airborne forces in the war's opening hours.
    — Robert Burns, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The plane had been airborne eight minutes.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Measles is an airborne illness that can cause rash, fever, red eyes and cough.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The effect of airborne dust, soot, grit and aerosols is still hard to pin down.
    — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
  • The fourth video shows the drone airborne to the sound of cheering from the ground crew.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The storms are airborne rivers of water vapor pushed by wind.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The dry desert air also allows pollen and dust to stay airborne longer.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This item was, at best, a silly response to what turned out to be an airborne virus.
    — New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021
  • In other words, as an airborne second home.
    — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The coronavirus spreads through tiny, airborne droplets known as aerosols.
    — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • By the time Myrann was airborne, Warden was right on his tail.
    — Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
  • Tie down anything that could become airborne.
    — Michelle Marchante updated May 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • What are the sources of airborne microplastics?
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 7 May 2026
  • The combination of dry air and gusty breezes means pollen should be very airborne.
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The tornado was more than a mile wide, sent train cars airborne and killed three people.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The five flies inside the food truck weren’t the only airborne problem.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
  • Profar’s airborne beauty helped the Padres avoid all of that.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The car then struck a concrete base and guardrail, went airborne and rolled over before its right side hit a tree.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 7 July 2021
  • 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

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