How to Use by air in a Sentence

by air

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  • Perhaps the best way to capture the beauty of the area is by air.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The man, however, was pronounced dead before he could be transported by air ambulance to a hospital.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Hundreds of roads across Western North Carolina remain closed, leading to an increase in air traffic as teams scour the region for survivors by air.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Lives of citizens in several parts of South Asia are disrupted by air pollution every winter, and a study has found that toxic air can cut life expectancy by more than five years.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Most of them died on Oct. 7 when the attack by air, land and sea began.
    — WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • In the wake of the fire, visitor arrivals by air to Maui dropped as much as 51.4 percent.
    — Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
  • After this, the flight was cleared to land by air traffic control.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2023
  • That creates more voids, which too must be filled, this time by air sinking from above.
    — Paul Duginski, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Crews searched both by air and by sea without a single sighting of the person.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The Ukrainian statement did not say whether any of the missiles had been shot down by air defences.
    — Fox News, 7 May 2024
  • Sometimes, the threats arrive by air, as when bales of lethal cattle chow are dropped into the fields.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
  • New York State Police also searched for the boy by air, police said.
    — Daniella Segura, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • What took 10 days to accomplish on foot takes all of 15 minutes by air.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Make that popcorn even better by air popping with the push of a button.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Access to the falls, which occur in three waves, is only by air or a wilderness hike in the mountains.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2024
  • Hundreds of firefighters are attacking the fire on the ground as well as by air.
    — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Surveys by air and sonar not long after the sinking found the wreckage of the ship, which appeared to have broken in two.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2023
  • Even your sleep can also be thrown off by air pollution.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 June 2023
  • The Russian Defense Ministry said the drone was brought down by air defenses.
    — David Rising, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The Coast Guard worked closely with Canadian authorities to scour the area by air, sea and sonar.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • Officers returned by air and on foot Sunday morning and hiked about a half-mile to the skier.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
  • At least 20 Shahed drones were destroyed by air defense forces in Kyiv in the latest attack.
    — Susie Blann and Joanna Kozlowska, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023
  • Some were transported by air, and some were transported by ground, the news release said.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The trade group pointed to a survey finding that six in 10 Americans would cancel or avoid trips by air in the event of a shutdown.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • There are no roads or trains between the island's towns, so the easiest way to get from one destination to the next is by air.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
  • To top it off, there is a helipad in the bow that can facilitate comings and goings by air.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Preserve rangers will conduct surveys by air and ground once the fire is extinguished to determine the full scope of the damage.
    — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Firefighters were tackling the flames by air in tandem with ground resources.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 June 2024
  • Cal Fire was fighting the blaze by air and ground, and the cause remained under investigation.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024
  • Search teams have already been on the ground with dogs, and searches have been conducted by air with heat-sensing equipment, the agency said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023

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