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
At the entrance to Palm Springs stands the gas station he designed, now a visitor center, where a sweeping steel canopy juts out like a jet plane wing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
Partly this was because the organization developed too fast, the report said, ramping up ‘like a jet plane to a rocket ship’ overnight.“
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Her heart was like a jet plane, zooming around her body.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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