How to Use blastoff in a Sentence

blastoff

1 of 2 noun
  • His image caught the fiery blastoff, with spectators silhouetted in the glow of creation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • His image caught the fiery blastoff, with spectators silhouetted in the glow of creation.
    — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2021
  • What if the rocket could be tossed several meters above the surface, allowing more clearance for blastoff?
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Entry-ramp blastoffs were quick, Mini claiming a 0-60 mph time of seven seconds.
    — Mark Savage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2017
  • The reports included photographs of the blastoff from a mobile launch vehicle.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 22 June 2016
  • Before Rocket’s blastoff, shares of nonbank mortgage lenders had done little to impress investors in recent months.
    — Orla McCaffrey, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2021
  • There is a rocket launch pad that uses a pivoting, spinning lever mechanism to simulate a blastoff from Earth to the moon.
    — Ian Stokes, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • And if this brave little phone survives blastoff and functions so many miles from Earth, the implications for spacecraft design are enormous.
    — Patrick Morgan, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2011
  • Falcon 9's blastoff from Cape Canaveral initially appeared to be a success.
    — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2013
  • Walter Cronkite helms the program, and news clips depict excited crowds, waving astronauts and a blastoff countdown.
    — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Less than nine minutes after blastoff, to the relief of all, the shuttle safely carried the educator and her colleagues into orbit.
    — By Martin Merzer and Phil Long, miamiherald, 7 Aug. 2017
  • No details were provided, but the company was able to recycle for a second launch try Wednesday and this time around, the countdown ticked smoothly to blastoff.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Here the focus is on a single adventurer and the constellation of emotions she and her child experience in the anxious weeks before blastoff.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Most people watching the blastoff will be doing so virtually, as NASA has urged spectators to do.
    — National Geographic, 26 May 2020
  • Each mighty blastoff left traces on the flame trench, a 42-foot-deep pit lined with fire-resistant bricks and concrete that channels a rocket’s superheated exhaust away from the spacecraft.
    — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
  • Each mighty blastoff left traces on the flame trench, a 42-foot-deep pit lined with fire-resistant bricks and concrete that channels a rocket’s superheated exhaust away from the spacecraft.
    — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017
  • Iran aired footage of the blastoff against the backdrop of negotiations in Vienna to restore Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers.
    — NBC News, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Most electric vehicles do a decent blastoff from a dead stop, along with accompanying torque, and the XC 40 Recharge does indeed move out.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • The return comes with a massive double sonic book that can be heard and felt, and offers an extra sensory treat beyond the sights and sounds of the blastoff for those who head to the Space Coast to watch the spectacle.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Psyche received a booming blastoff from the Falcon Heavy rocket, with 27 kerosene-burning engines providing an initial boost out of the atmosphere.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Eventually things hit blastoff as Cunningham puts a kick drum under Ciani’s percolating synths, a fusion of old and new that only underlines how badass Ciani’s sounds are.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But viewed another way, Lightyear is being granted the type of blastoff that has eluded every other Pixar release dating back to February 2020.
    — Vulture, 21 June 2022
  • That’s an exhilarating blastoff, and even the movie’s clever title card—with its clear nods to blunt exploitation cheapies of the ’70s and ’80s—is a good kick in the pants, a promise of cathartic gratification to come.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Two days before blastoff, the 27-year-old Gagarin wrote a farewell letter to his wife, Valentina, sharing his pride in being chosen to ride in Vostok 1 but also trying to console her in the event of his death.
    — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Live footage showed the 154-foot rocket soaring into the air with bright yellow flames shooting out of its engines after blastoff at Naro Space Center, the country's lone spaceport, on a small island off its southern coast.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Following blastoff, the first stage of the super heavy rocket is expected to splash down about 20 miles off the coast of Boca Chica while the Starship vehicle orbits around the globe before splashing down off the coast of Hawaii.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2023

blast off

2 of 2 verb
  • Prepare for blast off, and don’t get any crumbs on the couch.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 July 2022
  • Ramírez’s two-run blast off Garcia in the fifth left no doubt.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 23 May 2022
  • The probe drilled, scooped and blasted off again with the first pieces of the far side of the moon.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 8 June 2024
  • He, where his short-form platform began to blast off over the last three years.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 June 2024
  • Ryan Gosling is blasting off to a galaxy far, far away.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Caglianone hit a two-run blast off Nola in the fifth inning.
    — Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Caratini hit a three-run blast off the facing of the third deck in left field.
    — CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • His blast off the right-field fence in the bottom of the seventh drove in the tying run.
    — Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Sigmon’s arms briefly tensed when he was shot, and the target was blasted off his chest.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Williams and Wilmore blasted off to the space station in June.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The launch would have been the first to blast off from United States soil in nine years.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2020
  • Is that rocket ship at the far right blasting off toward Mars?
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
  • Perry has a way of letting a team hang for a quarter or two, before blast off.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Witt recorded his eighth home run with a solo blast off Alexander.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 May 2024
  • The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February.
    — Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Berry doesn't plan to actually blast off anytime soon to find out, though.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • There’s no specific date yet, but they’re expected to blast off this spring.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Just blasted off the line while everyone else stood there blinking.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Want to see the rocket blast off into the sky during an evening weekend launch window?
    — Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Want to see the rocket blast off into the sky during an overnight weekend launch window?
    — Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • These are just the latest celebrities to blast off on a Bezos rocket.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Mantle hit both blasts off Billy Hoeft in the 7-4 win.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • O’Hara said before blasting off.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Ready to catch a glimpse of a spacecraft either blasting off from the ground or soaring overhead?
    — Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • And so the third season of the series blasts off – literally.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The evidence comes in the last three games alone — not in the rooftop, but in opposite-field home runs and a blast off a lefty.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2025
  • Every scribble, sketch, and scheme hits the page and blasts off to the digital world with its app for smart devices.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
  • Colwell and others predict this won't be the last time that a major celebrity will blast off into space.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2021
  • And a rocket maker that blasted off its trading from Wall Street this week.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026

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