How to Use warplane in a Sentence

warplane

noun
  • Civilians, at first, used walkie-talkies to warn of warplanes.
    — David Nath, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2018
  • Above, a pair of Israeli warplanes traced white lines in the sky.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The same type of warplane and weapon were used in the previous shoot downs.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • America sent warplanes along the edge of the North’s airspace.
    — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Survivors whispered quick prayers over the distant hum of warplanes.
    — Julia Frankel and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Not this truce where the guarantor’s warplanes bomb civilians.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Around him, people looked upward, searching for the warplane.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Some Russian war bloggers said there was no damage to the warplanes.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 June 2025
  • With scores of new warplanes buzzing the skies over the Gulf, though, such run-ins may become more common.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The warplanes crashed into the sea south of Japan’s Shikoku island.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, The Seattle Times, 11 Dec. 2018
  • Arab warplanes carried out heavy bombardments along the coast and on roads in districts south of the city.
    — Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ, 14 June 2018
  • This is many, many more warplanes than the Russians can afford to lose in a little more than a week.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The warplanes have played extensive roles in the military for years.
    — Tom Liddy, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In the last week, however, the air force has written off warplanes at a rate of 60 per month.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The hero flies a rickety spaceship modeled on a ’70s warplane.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 June 2021
  • Syria claimed two of its warplanes were downed by Turkish jets in the Idlib province.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 1 Mar. 2020
  • The new warplane will join a testing and evaluation squadron at Eglin.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Patients burned to death in their beds, while the warplane overhead fired on survivors fleeing the wreckage.
    — Jessica Donati, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
  • But close to daybreak, a German warplane bombed the chateau, leaving a crater in the earth and a trail of carnage.
    — Amy Sohn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • Israel currently is the only country in the region to fly the stealth warplane.
    — Aron Heller, Star Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
  • And that’s when a Russian Su-34 warplane crashed through the roof of their two-story home.
    — New York Times, 30 May 2022
  • Israeli warplanes are striking Tehran in Iran and Beirut in Lebanon.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But Goose, despite the lack of warplanes, would understand it as the plot of Top Gun.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Every day, the soundtrack of a war no one here wanted — the bass rumble of warplanes, the snare drum of machine guns — grows louder.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Part of the allure of being in the military was the availability of small warplanes.
    — Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 9 July 2018
  • The 24-year-old said Israeli warplanes and drones struck many neighboring houses in the past week.
    — Samy Magdy and Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2024
  • On an almost daily basis, Israeli warplanes and drones strike Lebanon.
    — Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 30 Nov. 2025
  • In one of the videos, she is seen standing in an apartment near an open window, when the sound of a warplane is heard right before a shell slams down outside.
    — Bassem Mroue, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Over the years, Beijing has sent warplanes and navy vessels toward the island on a near-daily basis.
    — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • In just six days, Israeli warplanes have dropped 6,000 bombs on the Gaza Strip.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023

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