Earhart

[air-hahrt]

noun

1. Amelia (Mary), 1897–1937, U.S. aviator: vanished in flight over Pacific Ocean.

Earhart

/ ˈɛəˌhɑːt /

noun

1. Amelia. 1898–1937, US aviator: the first woman to fly the Atlantic (1928). She disappeared on a Pacific flight (1937)

Example Sentences

The story of Earhart, who vanished while flying over the Pacific Ocean, "has captivated millions", the US president wrote on social media on Friday.

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The previous year the publishing exec had rushed out Charles Lindbergh’s bestselling “We,” which detailed Lindy’s solo flight across the Atlantic; he was hoping to achieve a similar success for Earhart.

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Visiting schoolchildren can be heard laughing during a presentation in a nearby auditorium where Amelia Earhart gave her last public appearance before disappearing over the Pacific Ocean.

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Surely, the grainy image had to be Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane, 16,000 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

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Amelia Earhart bought her first plane with money she pooled with her beloved sister, Muriel, and their mother.

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