How to Use altitude in a Sentence

altitude

noun

• The plane lost altitude rapidly.
• Some visitors find it difficult to adjust to the city's high altitude.
• On the screen, the readings of altitude and range ticked up and down.
  — Andrew E. Kramer Nicole Tung, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023
• The altitude proved to be the most challenging part of the hike.
  — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
• The star of Kohlberg’s vineyard is pinot noir — one of the highest altitude pinot noirs in the world.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
• When the plane is at cruising altitude, the risk will be at its lowest.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022
• The altitude and the woods that protect that little terroir help the freshness and acidy of this wine.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• Not even the altitude of Bolivia will be enough to turn around that scoreline.
  — Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• Off paved roads and even off roads of any kind, the Trooper will cruise along in fine style, even at 7000-foot altitudes.
  — Pete Lyons, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023
• That color comes from the rocket gaining enough altitude to be in line of sight with the Sun.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
• The burn raised the space station’s altitude by 2/10 of a mile, according to the space agency.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
• The altitude made my arms feel heavy and my temples tight, but the view and the Andean mint tea soon soothed my symptoms.
  — Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
• The new cafe still sells its famed doughnuts made with a secret recipe to fry dough at high altitude.
  — Lori Rackl, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
• The low altitude prevents sore arches, and the lack of straps means no blisters.
  — Vogue, 28 Apr. 2022
• Ten miles out of White Mountain, the Deeters began to gain altitude.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022
• And the altitude at which freezing persists year-round has risen sharply.
  — Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023
• Over the next 1 minute and 35 seconds the plane lost altitude in a near vertical dive, which took it almost to the speed of sound.
  — Bloomberg.com, 31 Mar. 2022
• The altitude, the wind and specifics of course make every mountain distinct.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2022
• Speaking of which, the vessel can fly to a max altitude of 700 feet above ground level.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2022
• While most stocks have nosedived this year, a few have gained altitude.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• In the afternoon, the sun can be more intense at high altitude.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• The aid stations are far away, the weather can be stormy and the altitude is challenging.
  — Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 15 July 2022
• The plane reached an altitude of about 1,600 feet during its first descent, FlightAware shows.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
• Because of the altitude, the fences are set back farther, making the gaps bigger.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• Pilots were sometimes getting reads of their altitude, not above the ice, but above the ground beneath the ice.
  — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 21 Dec. 2024
• In the decades since, a few teams of scientists have searched at even higher altitudes.
  — Carl Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
• The maximum altitude for a helicopter to fly in the area is 200 feet.
  — Taylor Fishman, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025
• The set above La Laguna is at roughly the same altitude as the Andes crash site.
  — Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022
• Bolivian teams enjoy the home advantage of altitude, and those in the very north of the continent try to use tropical heat to tire out their opponents from the south of the continent.
  — Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
• The law would have directed the FAA to strictly regulate sightseeing flights by requiring them to fly at a higher altitude and be no louder than 55 decibels over occupied areas.
  — Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025