How to Use midair in a Sentence

midair

noun
  • The two planes collided in midair.
  • We watched birds catching insects in midair.
  • Only so many planes can be turned around midair.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 20 June 2026
  • Flights were turning around midair.
    — Michael McCarter, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Smart soared and stuffed Barrett in midair, but may have swiped his arm, too.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • As Marlowe watched, the catch hurtled from midair to the ground.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
  • The owner looked up at me startled, holding his spoon in midair.
    — Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • The ball smacked off the glass, and Tillman soared midair with two hands and threw it down.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Spontaneous applause broke out in midair on some flights on the news.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Two big white cabbage moths locked together in midair and then flew as one.
    — Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • Engines are catching on fire midair, and tires are falling off.
    — Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 May 2024
  • Your left leg must be suspended midair, crossing over your right leg.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Its protruding ribs and spiky hair are frozen in midair, like a cornered cat.
    — Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
  • 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
  • Snow fluttered in the gray morning light, their flakes melting in midair.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Or pinch-and-zoom to see if there's fishing wire suspending them in midair.
    — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 11 Oct. 2018
  • At game speed, Amador appeared to lose his glove in midair as the ball went whizzing over his head.
    — Denver Post, 26 May 2025
  • The capsule then flips midair and deploys its parachutes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • What’s even more surprising was his very fast reflex to catch it with one hand in midair.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2023
  • One of the planes was reportedly turned around, midair.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 20 June 2026
  • Just above camp the two met in what appeared to be a midair, talon-to-talon collision.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Picture a swinging wrecking ball — frozen in midair.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Each is hung in midair with a single cable from headers hidden in the walls.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Or leaping in midair, trying to catch a ball with a real intense look.
    — Mike Klingaman, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2019
  • Some of the walls are missing so that the arch of the roof and a second-floor window hang in midair.
    — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Americano used his steel mask on Fenix in midair, then once again from the top rope for the win.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Jyair kept throwing up his water bottle and trying to catch it midair, on the way down.
    — The Enquirer, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Others, according to a new study, wrestle the males away in midair.
    — Claire Hogan, Science | AAAS, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The assassin then holds its prey in midair until the light has faded from all four sets of eyes.
    — National Geographic, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Overhead, squadrons of seagulls and other birds snatched bug after bug out of midair.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026

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