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How to use takeoff in a sentence

30 example sentences · noun

Takeoff means a launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc. Example: “The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.”

Examples of takeoff by meaning

nounA launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.

  • The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
  • That high-jumper's takeoff needs some work.
  • The mute swan, being one of the world's heaviest flying birds, can have a laborious takeoff.

nounA parody or lampoon of someone or something.

  • Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".

nounA quantification, especially of building materials.

  • I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.

nounThe initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.

  • Steamer Lane, home of the world's latest takeoff.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

More sentences with takeoff

  • Seat belts must be kept fastened during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, and landing.From the entry taxi
  • They had to move the plane back from the runway to deice the wings before takeoff.From the entry deice
  • The space shuttle's flight was carefully calculated long before takeoff.From the entry flight
  • The plane’s propeller spun rapidly before takeoff.From the entry propeller
  • The pilot checked the IR system before takeoff.From the entry IR
  • Pull your seatbelts tight before takeoff.From the entry tight
  • We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.From the entry prepare
  • After takeoff, coming back around the runway, I decided to give them a real hummer.2003, Lou Fulgaro, The R46 and Little Louie, page 280. From the entry hummer
  • I was back taxiing to takeoff position in a xwind yesterday.1998 October 29, Mike Regish, “Taxiing in xwind”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022. From the entry xwind
  • The takeoff roll in the -6 is a bit of a handful (footful?).1996, Sport Aviation - Volume 45, page 34. From the entry footful
  • In a firm voice he said, “World Wide Six heavy is ready for takeoff.”1990, Perry Francis Lafferty, The Downing of Flight Six Heavy, page 85. From the entry heavy
  • Talk of the gradual "Haitianization" of the island replaced predictions of economic takeoff.1985, John D. Forbes, Jamaica Managing Political and Economic Change, Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute Press, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry Haitianization
  • This resulted in the bending of the left aileron control pushrod, causing it to fail at the time of takeoff.2013 May, Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile, “1.16.9.5: Known events”, in Report: Accident on 9 August…. From the entry pushrod
  • Bird strikes, also referred as Avian ingestion when sucked into the plane's engine, commonly occur during takeoff and landing.2011 April 28, “Caribbean Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing after Bird Strike of its Engine”, in Trivester News, retrieved 09 Jun 2014. From the entry avian ingestion
  • Angel Food or “angel cake” is thought to be a takeoff of the cornstarch cake and the sponge cake.2003 June 1, Dawn Marie Schrandt, Just Me Cookin Cakes, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry angel food
  • All sorties made good their briefed takeoff time.2002, Eddie Deerfield, Hell's Angels Newsletter, page 99. From the entry briefed
  • We must be constantly alert to increased accident potentials in taxiing, takeoff, and landings on ice-glazed and snow-skiffed runways.1957, Combat Crew: Magazine of the Strategic Air Command, page 3. From the entry skiff
  • As he taxied out to the far side of the field, 38-year-old Captain Benton R. ("Lucky") Baldwin was cleared for takeoff.1947 June 9, “National Affairs: Holocaust at LaGuardia”, in Time. From the entry control tower
  • Industrialism hasn’t been an abiding set of activities in any particular place but rather a dynamic cycle, of takeoff, peak, and ebb.2012, James Howard Kunstler, Too Much Magic, page 74. From the entry ebb
  • Correlation of the DFDR and CVR recordings disclosed that the flightcrew had set the flaps and stabilizer trim at 10° and about 5° aircraft noseup, respectively, for takeoff.1979 December 21, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.11 Flight Recorders”, in Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc.…. From the entry crosswind
  • A rolling takeoff was made, takeoff thrust was stabilized at 80 KIAS, and left rudder and right aileron were used to compensate for the right crosswind.1979 December 21, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.11 Flight Recorders”, in Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc.…. From the entry crosswind
  • The weight and c.g. of the aircraft were within limits at takeoff and were calculated to have remained so until the tail began to disintegrate in flight.1968 April 18, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.1 Analysis”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Mohawk Airlines, Inc., BAC 1-11, N1116J…. From the entry govern
  • Ultraswift high-flying aircraft, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and manned spacecraft, entering the atmosphere share several types of control problems which NASA is continuing to investigate.1961, United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Semiannual Report to the Congress, Volume, The Administration, page 103. From the entry ultraswift
  • A clearway may be provided to extend the takeoff distance available (TODA) beyond the end of the hard surface which defines the declarable length of the available takeoff run (TORA).2007, Antonín Kazda, Robert E. Caves, Airport Design and Operation, page 100. From the entry clearway

Meaning of takeoff

  1. noun A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
  2. noun A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
  3. noun A quantification, especially of building materials.

Full definition of takeoff

Questions about takeoff in a sentence

How do you use takeoff in a sentence?
Takeoff is used as a noun. For example: “The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.”
What is a short sentence with takeoff?
“Pull your seatbelts tight before takeoff.”
What does takeoff mean?
Takeoff means a launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.

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