Example sentences for: takeoff

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

  • On February 17, 1981, at John Wayne Orange County Airport in Santa Ana, California, Air Cal 336 was cleared to land while Air Cal 931 was cleared to taxi into position for takeoff, but the controller then decided that more time was needed between the takeoff and the landing and so told 336 to go around.

  • Fish & Wildlife Department as a refuge for the millions of Laysan Albatross (called gooney birds for their comical awkwardness at takeoff and landing) who nest there.

  • "It was to have been Hillary's triumph, her consecration as the superstar of the first ladies, her takeoff point for the New York seat in the United States Senate," the paper said.

  • (Or, is it the same dog, doing double duty with the help of editing techniques that make it look like the twin of the first--a commercial takeoff on Multiplicity , which brought multiple Michael Keatons to the screen?)

  • The flight attendant assignments and seating included Chief Flight Attendant Deborah Welsh (first class, seat J1 at takeoff); Sandra Bradshaw (coach, seat J5); Wanda Green (first class, seat J4); Lorraine Bay (coach, seat J3); and CeeCee Lyles (coach, seat J6).


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