jet plane
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of jet plane
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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His vibrato is disciplined and finely grained; when he moves up and down the neck, the motion is smooth as a jet plane lifting into altitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Sprinting "like a jet plane taking off" will help produce Premier League star strikers of tomorrow, new research has revealed.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
The Navy plans to use inflatable cylinders to lift and roll the jet plane off the reef where it crashed on Nov. 20.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
Mr. Woods, who was also a swashbuckling licensed private jet plane pilot and trans-Atlantic sailor with homes in New York, Maine and Florida, tacked into his career as a novelist somewhat haphazardly.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
A huge jet plane, like the kind you flew to other cities in, was coming down the canyon right toward them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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