Example sentences for: mayday

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

  • Evacuation orders did not follow the protocol for giving instructions when a building's collapse may be imminent-a protocol that includes constantly repeating"Mayday, Mayday, Mayday"-during the 29 minutes between the fall of the SouthTower and that of the NorthTower.

  • A piece marvels at the popularity of plane-disaster novels ( Airframe , Mayday ) in airport bookstores, theorizing that fictional air terror must "inoculate a troubled mind with a homeopathic dose of angst."

  • During the first broadcast, the captain or first officer could be heard declaring "Mayday" amid the sounds of a physical struggle in the cockpit.

  • There were no &$%@#($$$@#(( … Mayday! Mayday!"


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