How to Use parachute in a Sentence

parachute

1 of 2 noun
  • The supplies were dropped by parachute.
  • The pilot was wearing a parachute.
  • Four parachutes open as the crew eject.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 17 May 2026
  • Four parachutes could be seen floating above the crash site.
    — Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 17 May 2026
  • The reserve parachute is there to stay.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Telling a joke is like jumping out of an airplane with a parachute.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Both crews ejected by parachute and all four men were rescued.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Those catkins release capsules of seed to the wind on parachutes of fluff.
    — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2023
  • Neal ordered the crewmen to grab their parachutes and jump.
    — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
  • And, of course, Bond leapt from the plane without a parachute.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The capsule then flips midair and deploys its parachutes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The crew capsule returns to earth via parachute.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Jim added scenes such as Utah jumping out of the plane without a parachute.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Both crews bailed out soon after, floating down to the jungle by parachute.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The ceiling is covered in white parachute fabric, which breathes in and out.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Jacques paid only for his safety gear—his helmet, parachute, and pads.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The vessel looks a bit like a go-kart with a large motor on the back and a parachute attached.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Then there was the moment after the drogue parachutes released.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Swift's dancers flowed onto the stage through fog with pink, purple and orange parachute flaps.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Ethan jumps off a cliff on a motorcycle and parachutes into a train car.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
  • They were carried into the harbor by their parachutes.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • In a matter of seconds, a parachute opened and the pilot floated back to the ground.
    — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The parachute-jumping was in the Amazon.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Patel said Crooks did not have a parachute on when his body was recovered.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Thanks to an old-fashioned parachute, the only sign of his brush with death was a long scrape along one cheekbone.
    — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In the photo, the aircraft soars in the sky beneath a yellow parachute.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 11 June 2026
  • With a rich sheen, these parachute track pants are date night ready with a pair of stilettos and a mini bag to finish.
    — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Then a parachute attached to the net deploys to soften the landing.
    — Jason Sherman, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Photos and videos also showed four parachutes opening in the sky as the crash occurred.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Couch tried to grab the parachute with his hands but couldn’t, and the group continued to be dragged, the warrant says.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2022

parachute

2 of 2 verb
  • The soldiers parachuted in and quickly hid their gear.
  • We will parachute supplies in after you arrive.
  • New troops were parachuted into enemy territory.
  • New troops parachuted into enemy territory.
  • The air crew is seen ejecting from the crafts and parachuting to the ground.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • For those guys to have to parachute in and pull that off is difficult.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Once their job was done, both men would parachute from the airplane to safety.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2021
  • When the balloon burst, the toy cow parachuted safely back to Earth.
    — Fox News, 10 July 2019
  • The crew parachuted from the plane, which crashed onto the ice and exploded.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The crash, pictured here, gave time for only one of the four crew members to parachute out.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
  • In one, bunnies parachute onto rolling green hills while wearing masks.
    — Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2020
  • In a second video, a pilot was seen ejected from his aircraft and parachuted to the ground.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Are there a lot of 45-year-old women who parachute into the middle of fires?
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 May 2021
  • The capsule will be released into space and will parachute back to Earth and land near the launch site.
    — Dallas News, 11 June 2021
  • In any case, whether for parts big or small, many in Hollywood are more than eager to parachute in.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The pilot parachuted to safety.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • Cruise rode a motorcycle off the edge of a cliff and parachuted to safety on the first day of filming.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • The flight is expected to last about 10 minutes from blastoff to parachute landing.
    — CBS News, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The mission's capsule will then parachute back to Earth, where it will be retrieved and taken back to the lab.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • People jump out of perfectly good airplanes, parachute at high speeds down to a pond and then dance across the water for style points.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 6 July 2022
  • The capsule will then parachute to safety in the Utah desert with its scientific spoils in tow.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The soldiers can parachute into combat, or launch an overland assault.
    — Brian Bennett, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The heavy packages could also present a danger to civilians on the ground rushing toward the parachuting aid.
    — Phil Stewart, Reuters, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The capsule will parachute down at the Utah Test and Training Range.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The spacecraft would stow this bounty in a protective capsule, fly back home, and then parachute it to Earth.
    — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The days of hiring a firm to consult for months and then parachuting in an engineering team to implement are gone.
    — Ben Blanquera, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • In the city of masks squirrels parachute on gusts and gales like paratroopers gliding on the buoyancy of regret.
    — Daniel Torday, Wired, 3 Apr. 2020
  • For the sake of a metaphor, De Zerbi was parachuted onto a sinking ship and managed to steer it to shore.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • The pair aboard the aircraft parachuted to the ground and were then transported to a hospital for surveillance.
    — Madeline Beck, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But the idea of parachuting into a writers’ room, dispensing high-level feedback, then moving on to the next?
    — Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025

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