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noun
an armed plainclothes federal marshal riding on an airliner to protect against skyjacking.
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Origin of sky marshal
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
Words nearby sky marshal
skylight filter,
skyline,
skylounge,
skyman,
sky marker,
sky marshal,
Skype,
skyphos,
sky pilot,
skyrocket,
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How to use sky marshal in a sentence
They looked up into the blue sky as the helicopters flew over in a lost man formation.
Where these laser-like missiles are falling out of the sky onto a city and you have to stop each of them from hitting the targets?
“At least it keeps the mosquitoes away,” one of my table-mates said, as we watched the swooshes of smoke waft into the Havana sky.
It has a presence, it remains potentially destructive, but all we can do is attempt to marshal it.
The earl was killed in battle and Marshal captured, but he would later be ransomed by the queen herself.
He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
It was the darkest hour of twilight, when there was just enough of gleam from the lurid sky, to shew the outline of objects.
He had seen through a powerful naval glass some figures standing erect and silhouetted against the sky on the parapet.
If it should ever be my lot to take the Long Trail at short notice, I hope it will be under a blue sky and a blazing sun.
The storm, however, was over; the moon and stars were shining in a clear sky, and the aurora was dancing merrily.
British Dictionary definitions for sky marshal
noun
an armed security guard on a commercial aircraft
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