How to Use take to the sky/skies in a Sentence

take to the sky/skies

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  • For those dreaming to take to the sky and soar with the clouds, here's your chance.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
  • But they are not expected to take to the skies in large numbers for years.
    — Niraj Chokshi Tony Cenicola, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The show revolves around young medics and pilots who take to the skies in air ambulances.
    — Katie Reul, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Instead, most migrating birds take to the sky at night to make their southern push.
    — Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • How will air traffic control adapt to a world with rockets blasting off as often as planes take to the skies?
    — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2020
  • An airline industry group says more than 5 billion people will take to the skies next year.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Don a Hogwarts robe and take to the skies above The Lands Between.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Or, take to the sky for some paragliding, which is also popular at this location.
    — Adeline Duff, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
  • As part of his preparation for school exams, Piccard would set aside his reading and take to the sky.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The race to take to the skies – vertically and electrically – is tight.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The 5-seat aircraft could take to the skies as early as next year, company officials said.
    — Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
  • Passenger counts are rebounding as travelers take to the skies again.
    — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 9 June 2022
  • Once these cicadas take to the skies, the fungus actively spreads from infected cicadas to healthy ones.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Larger-capacity electric planes are also in the pipeline and could take to the skies within the next decade.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Millions of Americans are gearing up to hit the highway and take to the skies ahead of the holidays.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • On Tern, tens of thousands of seabird chicks sat less than a foot apart from each other on the ground, just waiting to lose their down and take to the skies.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Today's the day for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to take to the skies.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 May 2022
  • The aircraft were permitted to again take to the skies in 2021, following a two-year ban.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Many Americans are planning to take to the skies to get to their destinations this summer.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
  • Masses of kites take to the skies in Long Beach, Washington, every summer.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2024
  • Weather permitting, the skywriter will take to the skies, spelling out the confirmation code in smoke.
    — Lillian Stone, Jon Plester, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Travelers hoping to take to the skies for the holiday season should consider booking their trip next month for the cheapest flight.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2024
  • During spring and fall migrations, birds take to the sky in such quantity that radar stations can tally the number of animals in flight.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Millions of Americans plan to be like Santa and his reindeer and take to the skies in late December.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Millions are preparing to hit the road and take to the skies for Thanksgiving, but stormy weather is threatening to put a damper on travel plans.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Record numbers of people are expected to take to the skies, roads and rails this Thanksgiving — across the country and here in Portland.
    — Kale Williams, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Thousands of Americans are getting ready to take to the skies for the cold weather holidays, and invariably some of their flights will be canceled.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Felix the Cat was the first to take to the skies, and he was soon joined by a menagerie of characters, from Mickey Mouse to Popeye.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Data from Hopper, the online travel booking platform, shows that Sundays and the fall are the least popular days for kids to take to the skies.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Salt Lake City International Airport is on pace to see a record number of passengers take to the skies this year.
    — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023

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