How to Use the tarmac in a Sentence

the tarmac

noun
  • She was found still strapped in her jump seat lying on the tarmac.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Others had longer waits on the tarmac.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The men were then forcibly led off the tarmac by the officials.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 30 July 2025
  • Her car began to drift to the right, toward the edge of the tarmac.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025
  • And Hanoka showed us, on her map of the airspace, why the tarmac is just as tricky.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • After hours on the tarmac, Nguyen said his client called his wife.
    — Laura Strickler, NBC news, 8 May 2025
  • The women, too, clasped arms and kissed on the tarmac in Qatar.
    — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 19 Sep. 2023
  • On my second or third flight, we were delayed three hours on the tarmac.
    — Matt Villano, AFAR Media, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.
    — Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The airline had no choice but to let us out of the plane right onto the tarmac.
    — Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Steps from the tarmac, Kiffin was fired.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The light is red and the trees purple; the tarmac is warm beneath your bare feet.
    — Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Which brings the audience to the tarmac.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
  • A number of social media users said they were stuck on planes on the tarmac.
    — Rebecca Emery, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Add a pesky paparazzo on the tarmac to the mix, and tensions were high.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Two hours before dawn, a small blue Cessna touched down on the tarmac.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The lounge also features large windows with wide views of the tarmac.
    — Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2025
  • The front portion of the wide-body aircraft appeared to lie flat on the tarmac.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
  • The airline also did not say how long the plane was on the tarmac or how warm the plane cabin got.
    — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 18 July 2023
  • Across the tarmac the chase plane, a T-38, fires its engines, too.
    — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Images showed the mangled front of the plane lifted into the air and its tail on the tarmac.
    — Brian Dakss, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The ambulance then unloads her on the tarmac next to a private plane.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Officials said, at that time of day and in that area, there were no other humans on the tarmac.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Snow and ice coated the tarmac, and powerful, blustery winds could be seen on video.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Alas, the team staking out the tarmac that night was duped by a stand-in for the elusive terrorist.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 July 2025
  • Agents dressed in black, with masks covering their faces, stood in formation on the tarmac.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • What was left on the tarmac was a plane almost unidentifiable.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • When the first-team plane landed, they were whisked off to Melwood straight from the tarmac of the runway.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Twiggy admits of the throngs of fans and press conference that awaited her on the tarmac.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
  • That will reduce the time flyers spend on the tarmac taxiing and waiting for takeoff.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024

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