How to Use by air in a Sentence

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• The flag there will be moved by air forced out at the top of the pole.
  — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
• The best way to extend the life of your whites is by air-drying them.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
• Threats, of course, don’t always arrive by air.
  — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
• That creates more voids, which too must be filled, this time by air sinking from above.
  — Paul Duginski, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• Perhaps the best way to capture the beauty of the area is by air.
  — Roger Sands, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
• After this, the flight was cleared to land by air traffic control.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2023
• Overnight, the winds were too strong for planes and helicopters to help control the fire by air.
  — Booth Moore, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
• Make that popcorn even better by air popping with the push of a button.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2022
• Takeout food can now arrive by air in one metro Atlanta city.
  — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
• Drones aren’t managed by air traffic controllers.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
• The Bobcats were dominant by air and ground.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
• Sometimes, the threats arrive by air, as when bales of lethal cattle chow are dropped into the fields.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
• Hundreds of firefighters are attacking the fire on the ground as well as by air.
  — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• This puts the fate of the entire offense in the hands of Kaidon Salter, by land or by air.
  — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
• Along with denim, heavy fabrics should also be dried in your dryer instead of by air.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
• They were accompanied by air tankers used to refuel planes while in flight.
  — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
• Sleep is fractured by air raid sirens and the need to use electricity during off-peak hours.
  — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2026
• Berlin was almost entirely destroyed by air strikes.
  — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
• For four weeks, troops from more than 40 countries rehearsed how to confront threats by air, land and sea.
  — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
• Some were transported by air, and some were transported by ground, the news release said.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2023
• Access to the falls, which occur in three waves, is only by air or a wilderness hike in the mountains.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2021
• All points of entry into Texas; by air, land and water, must be kept secure.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
• Some 540 million of those trips will be made via train, and 95 million by air.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
• The Ukrainian statement did not say whether any of the missiles had been shot down by air defences.
  — Fox News, 7 May 2024
• Firefighters were tackling the flames by air in tandem with ground resources.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 June 2024
• What took 10 days to accomplish on foot takes all of 15 minutes by air.
  — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
• Although most of these missiles and drones have been shot down by air defense systems, some have reached their target.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
• These routes could cut current two-hour drives between cities to under 30 minutes by air.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
• How to Get There Rio is best reached by air, with two main airports serving the city.
  — Aaron Randolph, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
• The Sparks will play 24 games on the road this season, logging thousands of miles by air and ground.
  — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025