How to Use in the air in a Sentence

in the air

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  • On one street, a truck was stuck in the mud with its bed raised in the air.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Skies in the city have been orange, with the smell of smoke in the air.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Fans launched their beer in the air when the final whistle rang out.
    — Eleanor Nash july 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Fox closed with a two-under 68 and thrust his arms in the air.
    — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • The mood changed just like that, and suddenly love was in the air.
    — Steve Sedgwick, CNBC, 9 July 2026
  • This is just the price that is paid for the adventure in the air duct.
    — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Pictures showed the cars burning with heavy flames and smoke in the air.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • That led to the league’s second-highest rate of pulling balls in the air.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Heat them straight from frozen in the toaster or pop them in the air fryer.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In this process, the mixed plastic was briefly exposed to mild heat in the air.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
  • An adventure in the air ducts, where mold grows and the cool wind costs a ton.
    — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • The ball is clearly still in the air when the clock goes to zero on our screens.
    — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The pressure in the air is causing the winds to act in ways the club rarely sees.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • All that fire in the air asks us to fan our own flames without burning it all down.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026
  • And then your opposite hand, your left hand, comes out and is placed flat in the air.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026
  • There was too much despair in the air, too much angst about big crowds and airline flights.
    — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Love was in the air for the couple, who are now in police custody.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • Giendry tossed his glove in the air as his teammates swarmed him in the outfield.
    — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • If the service feels fast and reliable in the air, that could build trust fast.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • There would be smoke somewhere in the background and the freshness of the ocean in the air.
    — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Advocaat threw his arms in the air, dropped back into his seat, and wept again.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Her left hand instinctively taps out the rhythm in the air while her right rests on her hip.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Salgado grabbed him by the waist, lifted him in the air and slammed him against the ground.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • There is also a chance that a faint smoky smell will be in the air, the weather service said.
    — Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
  • Milky nude The minute there is a chill in the air, most people reach for dark lacquers.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 18 Sep. 2026
  • There was an exploding wheel a hundred and thirty-five feet in the air.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Colorful leaves on the trees and a certain crispness in the air.
    — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a lot of molecules and stuff in the air because of the forest fires.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • There’s a woman who does her acrobats in the air, hanging by her hair.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The helicopter team had been in the air covering the bus crash.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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