Example sentences for: helicopter

How can you use “helicopter” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • To counter the isolation of Playa Santa Lucía, the tourist authorities offer a wide range of excursions, including a rodeo at Rancho King, deep-sea fishing, and boat and helicopter trips for days on the beach at such unspoiled cays as Cayo Sabinal and Cayo Saetía.

  • Even if the doors had not been locked, structural and radiation hazards made the rooftops unsuitable staging areas for a large number of civilians; and even if conditions permitted general helicopter evacuations-which was not the case-only several people could be lifted at a time.

  • The talk contains the following compelling and reassuring passage, about a transport helicopter pilot, who came up on the radio volunteering to go pick up a fighter pilot shot down over a heavy concentration of Iraqi troops: "You need to remember a Chinook is about the size of a double-decker London bus with props, and it doesn't have guns.

  • 99--toy helicopter, toy tank.

  • The NYT and WP run versions of the same striking photo, a quintessential L.A. news helicopter POV depicting a chain of kids holding hands on their way to safety, recalling an icon of pre-Uzi school days--a string of paper dolls.


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