How to Use take flight in a Sentence

take flight

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  • The Orville may be ready to take flight again.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Your vision is about to take flight!
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • So if there’s enough clean air to breathe, the match may take flight.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Louisville Wing Week is ready to take flight.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The birds had tried to take flight, only to plunge back to the ground.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The trio of players did not get a chance to take flight in any of the jets.
    Barry Wilner, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2022
  • That’s a red herring that will take flight later in the episode.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, a line will be drawn in the sand, asking us to fight or take flight.
    Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Keep pounding, trilling, or skipping along waves of notes, and your hands take flight.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Humans and minute pirate bugs clash when the bugs take flight in late summer.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Here’s the final prompt for your personal brand to take flight.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • That may soon be an option, thanks to a fleet of spaceplanes readying to take flight.
    J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Now things are lining up for the mission to finally take flight.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025
  • Now their surviving two eaglets are gearing up to leave the nest and take flight.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • In the trees lining the avenues, thousands of fruit bats roost through the day and then take flight at dusk.
    Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t simply point to the runway and expect your agency to take flight.
    Jodi Amendola, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Lovebird was the unlucky contestant to take flight from the show first.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Culler has spotted turtles sunning in the water and watched snowy egrets take flight.
    Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The back of the coin features an image of a bald eagle that appears ready to take flight.
    Sarah Davis, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Martha Stewart’s breezy summer outfit is ready to take flight.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 29 May 2025
  • Like the pigeon, Lizzy's career is struggling to take flight.
    Thomas Page, Cnn, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • He is still covered in downy feathers and scrambles about on skinny legs, not yet ready to take flight.
    Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Your goal is not to flap your arms like a bird to take flight, like the name suggests—squeezing is the name of the game here.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
  • From these, larvae hatch and eat live flesh for seven days, then drop to the ground and, in less than a day, take flight as flies.
    Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
  • In this iteration of the game, players no longer take to the field; instead, drones take flight.
    Gideon Kimbrell, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Grains that are ready to take flight, the dandelion fuzz of carbohydrates.
    Eric Kim, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Read on and then book a ticket, pack your telephoto lens, and take flight to the best places in the world for bird watching.
    David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Several doves, with shading from dark to light, take flight over King’s shoulder.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Oh Joe Burrow, my love for you shines bright,In the pocket, your skills take flight.
    Hana Khalyleh, The Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Uber is one step closer to helping customers take flight for everyday travel with a new fleet of air taxis.
    Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026

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