How to Use Mach in a Sentence

Mach

noun
  • This is greater than Mach 4, and faster than the fastest jet plane.
    WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
  • As Trimble points out, that’s about 80 mph short of Mach 3.
    Eric Tegler, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The rest of the region is moving at Mach speed and you will be left behind.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
  • One Mach is equal to the speed of sound, which is roughly 760 miles an hour at sea level.
    Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
  • For that, Babolat Jet Mach 3 is a great crossover shoe.
    David Hochman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • His launch angle, nerds, was straight — with a Mach 2 exit velo.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • But flying faster than the speed of sound—Mach 1—was a barrier many thought couldn’t be crossed.
    Rob Verger, Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2020
  • To bring the entire look together, Ruth wore Mach & Mach shoes.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The jets, which are just theoretical at this point, would be able to fly at Mach 4—or twice the speed of the Concorde.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The missile, which can fly at Mach 3.5, or three and a half times faster than the speed of sound, can be deployed on ships and mobile trailers.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Babolat Jet Mach 3: Our tester was disappointed with the heavy weight of these shoes.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The company’s Halcyon jet would travel at Mach 5 — or five times the speed of sound.
    Monica Rodman, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Russia has fired the Kinzhal, which can fly at Mach 5 or greater, several times into Ukraine.
    Brad Dress, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The size of the experimental airspace for today's flight limited how long the jet was able to fly above Mach 1.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The primary objective is to test the vehicle's speed up to Mach 1.1.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 July 2024
  • By the time lunch was done 40 minutes later, the Mach E battery had gone from nearly empty to nearly full.
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
  • But at 26 km above the planet, as the spacecraft slowed to Mach one, The Exploration Company lost contact.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
  • Ukrainian officials said the missile that struck Dnipro reached Mach 11.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The multi-mission missile that flies at Mach 5+ can be launched from on a wide variety of aircraft.
    New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Hypersonic weapons are missile systems that travel at speeds in excess of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Hoka just dropped dozens of new markdowns on some of its best-selling shoes, including the Mach 6 sneakers and the Ora Recovery Slide.
    Sarah Felbin, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The Deadline actress also dressed to impress for the event, looking stunning in a floor-length black strapless Mach & Mach gown featuring ties down the front.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • One thing that did work on both its January and Mach launch attempts was the successful recapture of the Super Heavy booster back at the launch site.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025
  • And while the specter of Mach’s Haitian ancestry is never far from reach, Pray for Haiti also plays like his witty facsimile of a rap star.
    Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Hypersonic weapons are expensive and difficult-to-produce systems able to travel at Mach 5—i.e., upwards of five times the speed of sound.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
  • And there’s really no better choice than the SR-71—which was nicknamed the Blackbird—a long-range, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft that could fly at speed in excess of Mach 3.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Assistant Director Dave Halls entered a no-contest plea to a misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon last Mach.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Ramjets are usually best suited to work at supersonic levels from Mach 2 to Mach 4.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
  • While the exact impact velocity is classified, it is estimated to exceed Mach 1—the speed of sound (767 mph).
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
  • During his address to the nation that evening, Putin proclaimed that the missile travels at speed of Mach 10 and cannot be intercepted by any existing air defense systems.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024

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