How to use midair in a sentence
Because of their mid-air refueling capability, Spectres can stay in the air indefinitely.
Sohn gained notoriety worldwide for his mid-air acrobatics, and was even sponsored by Chevrolet.
(Proximity warnings have also helped to avoid mid-air collisions).
Could the Beijing-bound Boeing have disintegrated in mid-air?
The Craziest Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Conspiracy Theories | Caitlin Dickson | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome future job, perhaps, where decisions must be made superfast, in mid-air, with a finger dragging across a screen.
Sorry, Folks, Playing Dots Won’t Make You Smarter | Kent Sepkowitz | June 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
While she flitted into the next room to fetch a stamp, Mrs. Haughstone, her needles arrested in mid-air, looked steadily at Tom.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodA girl and a type climb one of the tall lamp-posts and prepare to do a mid-air balancing act, when rescued by the others.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithThus was it passed about; now lifted high in the air by one end, then by the other, anon dangled horizontally in mid-air.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyIt was another of those still, white nights, when the town seemed to hang in mid-air.
British Dictionary definitions for midair
/ (ˌmɪdˈɛə) /
some point above ground level, in the air
(as modifier): a midair collision of aircraft
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with midair
see under leave hanging.
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