air-bound
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of air-bound
Example Sentences
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It was never spelled out to him that he was being exchanged, he says, but by the time he was in the air bound for Turkey it was clear what was happening.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024
Moscow has been arguing against using force for months, and Prime Minister Yevgeni Primakov was in the air bound for Washington last week when the decision to bomb was made.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shortly after midnight, Auriol, General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and three other passengers were safe in the air, bound for London.
From Time Magazine Archive
I wisht he wouldn't go a-ridin' off that thar way 'thout lettin' we-uns know whar he air bound fur, an' when he'll kern back.
From 'way Down In Lonesome Cove 1895 by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)
He realized that a whole flock of Yankee made shells was passing through the air, bound for the point of contact.
From Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold by Beach, Charles Amory
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