How to Use air brake in a Sentence

air brake

noun

• The plane landed with nearly all engines at idle, air brakes on.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2017
• Instead, the only sound to come out of the truck was that of the parking air brake at the start and end of my run.
  — Cameron Aubernon, Popular Science, 15 May 2024
• The canopy also helps with looks, aerodynamics, and functions as an air brake.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 31 July 2024
• Slowing from high speed will be the job of the car's air brake and parachute, both of which are controlled from the steering wheel like the rocket.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2018
• And then there are air brakes on the rail cars, which are triggered without power and are entirely mechanical.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
• The railroad also changed its braking methods, switching from dynamic brakes to air brakes, and rails were pressure washed.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
• After the plant closure announcement, the air brake tester found a job making dashboards and bumpers for Toyota.
  — Lydia Depillis, ProPublica, 30 June 2021
• That wing also acts as an air brake, shooting upward to clamp down the rear under hard braking, countering the car’s forward weight shift to allow the rear brakes to apply a greater share of force.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
• There are other systems, like drum brakes, air brakes, band brakes, the Flintstones method, et cetera, that have also been around since the dawn of the automotive industry.
  — New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2024
• Suspension and air brake aside, the 570S retains the key components that define a McLaren.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2016
• For context, a McLaren 765LT supercar only beats that by two feet, and that has a freaking air brake.
  — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 19 Feb. 2026
• The Agil's straight-line performance is likely held back by the substantial rear wing that can shift forward to act as an air brake and apply even more downforce when slowing for a corner.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 16 Aug. 2023
• There are active aero flaps in the hood, the front splitter, and the rear diffuser; the articulating rear wing can act as an active air brake; and the car’s underside is completely smooth and flat.
  — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 7 Mar. 2018
• But the car is reassuringly adept at scrubbing speed, reversing course with the DRS and transforming it into an air brake to drag the car back down to a standstill.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2022
• Though the show car is designed to have their movement patterns operated via an iPad, they were also imagined as a potential way to scoop air into the car for cooling, act as an air brake or serve as solar panels.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2022
• This is also where the Battista’s massive rear wing comes into play, which not only gives you extra downforce over the rear end but also flips up (how profane) to serve as an air brake, slowing this two-door to a halt with sure-footedness.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2023