How to Use landing in a Sentence

landing

noun

• The plane made a smooth landing.
• We stopped to rest at the first floor landing.
• I waited at the landing for the ferry.
• Our plane was cleared for landing.
• Landing in high winds can be dangerous.
• The helicopter had to make an emergency landing.
• The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings.
• China, India and the U.S. have all achieved landing on the Moon in the 2020s.
  — Issam Mudawar, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2023
• Soon enough, the film flashes forward to the summer of 1969, around the time of the moon landing.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
• SpaceX launched what could very well be the first private landing on the Moon.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
• Plus, the plush wool Berber carpet is a soft landing spot for bare feet.
  — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• The fire was still burning about two hours after the landing.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
• There is a cantilevered landing that juts out from the studio, bridging it to the main house.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 30 June 2023
• For that, add a second ladder, perhaps a short stepstool, at the top of the stairs or on the landing.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• Sawyer made a crash landing on the beach when his small aircraft ran out of gas while on a whale watching tour.
  — Lori Tobias | , oregonlive, 8 July 2023
• As for the lack of any Plan B, well, the Cougars couldn’t create an optimal landing spot out of thin air.
  — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2023
• The inflatable is designed to sit on the side of the pool with its landing extension in the water.
  — Jayla Andrulonis, Parents, 18 June 2023
• The trip to earth orbit is quick, and, in that case, the landing occurred just 8.5 minutes after the takeoff.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
• Roberts might as well ask why Buzz Aldrin doesn’t engage with people who think the Moon landing was faked.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
• Many on Wall Street were bracing themselves for a hard landing at the start of the year, a downside which never came to fruition.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
• The landing has also made India only the fourth country to ever land on the Moon at all.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2023
• Upon landing, the deafening cries of the birds weren’t even the strongest offense to the senses; the rancid smell of guano hung thick in the air.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• The post also claims that rockets are launched near oceans to conceal their crash landings on Earth.
  — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• What if your car broke down in the middle of nowhere, or your plane had to make an emergency landing in the wilderness?
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
• The hard edges of the soft landing Resilience notwithstanding, the soft landing comes with hard edges.
  — Ivor Ichikowitz, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
• And who even declares that the Fed has officially defied the odds and achieved a soft landing?
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
• Their high performance came with high stall and landing speeds.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2023
• Slats are moveable panels on the front or leading edge of the wing and are used during takeoffs and landings.
  — Beatrice Dupuy, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
• Smith doesn’t see Detroit as a likely landing spot, though.
  — Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2023
• La Jolla has become a popular landing place for pinnipeds to haul out of the ocean and rest — and for tourists to gawk at them.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024