How to Use warplane in a Sentence

warplane

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  • The same type of warplane and weapon were used in the previous shoot downs.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The warplanes crashed into the sea south of Japan’s Shikoku island.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, The Seattle Times, 11 Dec. 2018
  • In just six days, Israeli warplanes have dropped 6,000 bombs on the Gaza Strip.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And that’s when a Russian Su-34 warplane crashed through the roof of their two-story home.
    — New York Times, 30 May 2022
  • Civilians, at first, used walkie-talkies to warn of warplanes.
    — David Nath, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2018
  • But Goose, despite the lack of warplanes, would understand it as the plot of Top Gun.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2019
  • In the last week, however, the air force has written off warplanes at a rate of 60 per month.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • This is many, many more warplanes than the Russians can afford to lose in a little more than a week.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Both blazes were caused by bombs from Israeli warplanes.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
  • Arab warplanes carried out heavy bombardments along the coast and on roads in districts south of the city.
    — Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ, 14 June 2018
  • Syria claimed two of its warplanes were downed by Turkish jets in the Idlib province.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Now the animal starts to corkscrew like a crashing warplane.
    — Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The hero flies a rickety spaceship modeled on a ’70s warplane.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 June 2021
  • The Russian warplanes intercepted and buzzed the drone for about a half hour before the crash, Air Force Brig.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • At that time, Israeli warplanes had already dumped hundreds of tons of bombs on targets in the Gaza Strip.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Survivors whispered quick prayers over the distant hum of warplanes.
    — Julia Frankel and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Moscow has denied its warplanes hit the drone, blaming the incident on the U.S.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Patients burned to death in their beds, while the warplane overhead fired on survivors fleeing the wreckage.
    — Jessica Donati, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
  • And on the grounds of the base, after the huge plumes of smoke cleared, the remains of a warplane could be seen apparently melted into the tarmac.
    — Alan Yuhas, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The Truman carries more than 70 warplanes in nine squadrons, headed by dozens of F-18 fighter jets.
    — Bill Neely, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The new warplane will join a testing and evaluation squadron at Eglin.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Israel currently is the only country in the region to fly the stealth warplane.
    — Aron Heller, Star Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Part of the allure of being in the military was the availability of small warplanes.
    — Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 9 July 2018
  • That’s how pilot Charlie Hainline describes the distinct sound and feel of a vintage warplane like the Avenger revving up.
    — Yvette Orozco, Houston Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Russia said its warplane returned to its base after the U.S. aircraft turned away.
    — Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The cuts, as Foreign Policy writes, are part of a process of modernizing the Air Force’s fleet of warplanes to deal with modern threats.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2020
  • The warplane clipped the drone’s propeller in international airspace, leading to its crash in the Black Sea.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The 100-ton warplane quickly refueled than took off again.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • One significant weapon Biden announced is a long-range bomb known as the Joint Standoff Weapon, which can be released from warplanes and fly to targets as far as 80 miles away.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes and drones carried out deadly strikes across Lebanon on Sunday.
    — Kareem Chehayeb, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024

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