How to Use landing in a Sentence

landing

noun
  • The plane made a smooth landing.
  • We stopped to rest at the first floor landing.
  • I waited at the landing for the ferry.
  • Our plane was cleared for landing.
  • Landing in high winds can be dangerous.
  • The helicopter had to make an emergency landing.
  • The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings.
  • China, India and the U.S. have all achieved landing on the Moon in the 2020s.
    Issam Mudawar, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The teens pulled the girl up a set of stairs to the building’s roof landing and raped her.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
  • The guest room, left of the landing, is big enough for a full-size bed and a small desk.
    Angela Serratore, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Tumblr diehards do not want the site to be a landing pad for the normies.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • China carved out a first with its landing on the far side of the moon.
    Ellen Knickmeyer, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The half bath is between the first and second floor on the landing.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2023
  • Soon enough, the film flashes forward to the summer of 1969, around the time of the moon landing.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
  • Grip said none of the blades touched the surface during the landing.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • SpaceX launched what could very well be the first private landing on the Moon.
    Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Plus, the plush wool Berber carpet is a soft landing spot for bare feet.
    Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The fire was still burning about two hours after the landing.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • That ground was the pebbly landscape near the landing site.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Jake Bailey just punted for the fourth time, this one landing in the end zone.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The nose gear of the plane collapsed during the landing, an FAA spokesperson said.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The musk and patchouli notes at the bottom offer a soft landing for the white floral-heavy heart.
    Jihan Forbes, Allure, 10 Jan. 2025
  • There is a cantilevered landing that juts out from the studio, bridging it to the main house.
    Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 30 June 2023
  • For that, add a second ladder, perhaps a short stepstool, at the top of the stairs or on the landing.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • This outdoor kitchen includes counter space next to the grill as a landing spot for hot plates.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The landing spot does have a bad past memory for Billups.
    oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The elevator and stairs both lead to a top-floor landing with a wet bar.
    Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
  • But all that changed after the historic moon landing in 1969.
    Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
  • While Gross was aware of his status within the first round in 2003, his landing spot was largely up in the air.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
  • With his landing lights on, the pilot could pick his landing spot on the water more easily, and any boat could see us and maneuver out of danger.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025

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