How to Use fuselage in a Sentence

fuselage

noun
  • The back one's tilt down, the front one's tilt up to stop the sheer forces in the fuselage.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The skin of the fuselage had cracked from stress, and both wings had been repaired.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 9 June 2026
  • That’s because the old plane’s fuselage will be used as a stage and dance floor.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 July 2021
  • The top of the fuselage burned out and the plane tipped over on its side during the fire.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Bits of a fuselage and part of a tail with some lettering on it.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • There are two such sensors, one on either side of the fuselage.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2019
  • The blade destroyed part of the engine and opened a gash in the fuselage.
    — Zach Wichter, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Upon liftoff, a key sensor on the left side of the fuselage failed.
    — Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • He can be seen moving across the wing near the engines and fuselage.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The plane’s fuselage was intact.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • For the fuselage, employees will for one of two paint schemes.
    — Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
  • Only the longer fuselages have room for the loading bridge in front of the wing.
    — John Cox, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2017
  • There, stenciled on the left side of the fuselage, was the answer.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020
  • While the plane spiraled to the ground, its fuselage tore apart in midair, videos of the crash showed.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The tail of a small plane could be seen behind a blue tarp used to cover the fuselage.
    — al, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Charred bodies lay on the ground and parts of the fuselage were scattered around the site.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025
  • From there, the air pours downwards -- not lengthways through the fuselage.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Packages are carried in a square pod or fuselage in the middle of the drone.
    — Alan Levin, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • The man in the shiny suit dropped toward her shoulder, and the boy was pushed against the fuselage wall.
    — Anne Enright, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The impact caused the cover to open and sent some parts into the fuselage.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The engines are mounted on the rear of the fuselage, on either side.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • On the big ships, the next important step is removal of the fuselage.
    — Hall Hibbard, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The central fuselage is where most of the details are focused.
    — Utkarsh Sood june 05, New Atlas, 5 June 2026
  • People that were still in the fuselage were trapped by seats and debris and metal and stuff.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
  • After parking at the gate, the plane was found to have three punctures on the fuselage.
    — Russell Lewis, NPR, 4 June 2026
  • The crash damaged the plane's left wing and fuselage, causing a fuel leak.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • Shrapnel punctured the fuselage and one of the plane's windows blew out.
    — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • But it was found next to part of the main fuselage, with what appeared to be all the cable rolled up on a spool.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • That’s why the plane’s fuselage has its blimpy shape, and why the wings are located towards the back.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The fuselage and wings were in a vacant lot on Edgemoor Lane.
    — Washington Post, 5 June 2021

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