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Example sentences for "aerial"

Lexicographically close words:
aerated; aerating; aeration; aere; aereal; aerials; aerie; aeriform; aeris; aero
  1. That which is salutary and vital for the tenebrous child of the earth would be fatal to an aerial mother, who has already fluttered in the warmth and genial light of heaven.

  2. The sea, or rather the vast river of ice, wound among its dependent mountains, whose aerial summits hung over its recesses.

  3. The five others spent the little round of their aerial life seemingly happy and satisfied.

  4. There they pass through their transformations and succeed in emerging into their aerial stage, in spite of the rushing current.

  5. Thy aerial part and all the fiery parts which are mingled in thee, though by nature they have an upward tendency, still in obedience to the disposition of the universe they are overpowered here in the compound mass [the body].

  6. Everything which is earthy turns towards the earth, everything which is liquid flows together, and everything which is of an aerial kind does the same, so that they require something to keep them asunder, and the application of force.

  7. And nevertheless this earth receives them by reason of the changes [of these bodies] into blood, and the transformations into the aerial or the fiery element.

  8. For the intelligent power is no less diffused in all parts and pervades all things for him who is willing to draw it to him than the aerial power for him who is able to respire it.

  9. Our imperial destinies may hinge upon the early or later recognition of the importance of a large, well-equipped, and well-manned aerial fleet.

  10. The scene of the present story is laid among the vast mountain ranges of Northern India, where the issue of a great war may depend upon the aerial equipment of the opposing armies.

  11. He had intended to qualify for the aerial corps in the British army, but that dream was over: flying had been to him merely a sport.

  12. On the island he left spirits, named Imakinakos; and from these aerial possessors it has received the appellation of Michillimakinac.

  13. Some enamored maiden, scornful of earthly suitors, plights her troth to the graceful manito of the grove; or bright aerial beings, dwellers of the sky, descend to tantalize the gaze of mortals with evanescent forms of loveliness.

  14. If the matter is of an urgent nature it is sent back to the Fleet immediately by wireless, surely the most valuable asset to aviation that exists, and without which aerial scouting and reconnaissance work would be almost useless.

  15. The longer we submit thus meekly to these aerial invasions, the longer will the war go on.

  16. Immediately thoughts of an aerial combat flash across my mind.

  17. Strung across the North Sea; about 2000 feet up, and well below the level of the trade routes, are the small gray ships of the Aerial Sporting League.

  18. There are three distinct phases of aerial combat to be considered--aeroplane versus aeroplane, airship against airship, and aeroplane against airship.

  19. One man here had a most ingenious “funkhole” for aerial bombardment.

  20. Last, but not least, there is the matter of aerial combat, which, however, covers too wide a field for discussion in this short chapter.

  21. He has the advantage both in the matter of guns and speed, which counts for a great deal in an aerial combat.

  22. The aerial landing grounds will be the flat roofs of gigantic buildings specially constructed in the center of London.

  23. In an abstract way be realized the white light was caused by flares that had been dropped from high above the bomber and were bringing it out in clear relief for a mysterious aerial night raider.

  24. And not only that, but the sight of Old Glory meant also that this crazy aerial messenger-boy mission was one-half completed.

  25. And that means that maybe we'll get some excitement out of this aerial messenger boy job.

  26. The B-25 was still flooded by brilliant light, and above the screaming roar of the over-revving Wright-Cyclones, Dawson could hear the chatter of aerial machine guns.

  27. The savage yammer of aerial machine-gun fire interrupted him.

  28. Once inside, they saw that the bomb compartment had been fitted out as an aerial office.

  29. We have far, far too much aerial cover for our boats.

  30. No, not while he had slugs for his aerial machine guns and shells for his air cannon.

  31. Now to tell Casablanca and--" At that moment Dawson's ears were filled with the savage yammer of aerial machine guns and air cannon, above and behind him!

  32. Three aerial torpedoes fell on the right wing of the rear façade (photo above), considerably damaging the collection of drawings by the brothers Duthoit.

  33. A Treatise on Terrestrial and Aerial Locomotion.

  34. The distribution of sound in public edifices, so that the echoes (or reflections of aerial waves from the walls, etc.

  35. It is the effortlessness, the perfect ease with which kites and sea-gulls perform their aerial movements for hours at a time, rather than phenomenal speed, that compels our admiration.

  36. Wireless telegraphy had come into use since the last naval war, and a fleet could now try to overhear the aerial messages of an enemy.

  37. The process of laying on color and lightly washing over it afterward should be repeated several times, “and the result will be a transparent aerial tone.

  38. Now comes the announcement that there has been discovered a method of abolishing the dead weight of the train, leaving only aerial resistance to be contended with.

  39. They were two pairs of wings, of the kind the Atlanteans had used when they made their aerial sortie against the Drilgoes.

  40. At the end of the hour he could fly almost as well as Cain, who, like a black guardian angel kept beside him, reaching out a hand when he overbalanced, and pulling him out of aerial side-slips.

  41. South African aerial scouts, far ahead of the army, reported there was no sign of the enemy in the whole of New Jersey.

  42. Along the far away mountain ridges some slanting wisps of whitish mist sailed slowly, like aerial yachts riding dark blue billows.

  43. He felt a thrill of superstitious terror creep through his iron nerves as the aerial racket increased and seemed to whisk itself from place to place with lightning celerity.

  44. A fountain of light arose in an encreasing stream from the east, behind the waves of the Adriatic, changing the grey to a roseate hue, and then flooding sky and sea with aerial gold.

  45. The point of darkness, the extreme of shade, is diametrically opposite to the focus of illumination, between which and the aerial tint lies the tint of reflection.


  46. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aerial" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    aerial navigation; aerial perspective; aerial warfare