in the air

phrase

: being felt or expressed by many people : in wide circulation

There was a sense of anticipation in the air.

Examples of in the air in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hungary The bomb threats came a day after a Wizz Air flight that departed Luton airport near London was forced to make an emergency landing in Hungary after a bomb threat received while the plane was in the air. — Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

The incidents came a day after a plane headed for Bulgaria was diverted to Hungary after receiving a similar bomb threat while in the air. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

And when there’s a cozy chill in the air and the crunch of leaves beneath you, there’s nothing more idyllic. — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 3 Nov. 2026

This is in the air already, given Andrew Cuomo’s decision to run a third-party campaign after losing the Democratic primary to democratic socialist and now-New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for in the air

• aftercare
• anywhere
• billionaire
• chinaware
• debonair
• dinnerware
• disrepair
• doctrinaire
• earthenware
• everywhere
• frigidaire
• kitchenware