flying machine

noun

: an apparatus for navigating the air

Examples of flying machine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One worked out how to create different variations of flying machines, no bed needed, by binding together a crow, a rock, and an enemy that creates wind gusts. Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024 Folklore further states that later the infield became an airstrip, and the stables were used to house the early flying machines. Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024 An illustration of the impressive-looking flying machine was featured on the cover of Harper’s Weekly. Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024 His initial idea was to build a self-driving flying machine that could take off from and land in a parking space. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flying machine 

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Word History

First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flying machine was in 1736

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“Flying machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20machine. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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