How to Use tarmac in a Sentence

tarmac

noun

• All of the men left the jet and were standing on the tarmac.
  — Ben Foldy, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
• The truck rammed through a gate and went onto the tarmac.
  — Julie Luchetta, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
• From the tarmac, Griner spoke on the phone with Biden and wife, Cherelle Griner.
  — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2022
• The patch of tarmac at 105 Keefer is not much to look at.
  — The Economist, 12 Apr. 2018
• First, the stowaway takes to the runway, with the lights along the tarmac.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• The men, Warren among them, were lined up on the tarmac.
  — Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022
• Around the skidpad, the Mustang clung to the tarmac with 1.11 g of force.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 7 Oct. 2020
• Trump climbed the stairs to a platform and waved to a tarmac filled with red.
  — Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2020
• For five days, the FedEx plane sat on the tarmac in Shanghai.
  — USA Today, 11 Sep. 2020
• Those aboard the flight deplaned on the tarmac with the help of airstairs and were bussed to the terminal.
  — Dan Carson, Chron, 3 Oct. 2022
• The GIs looked up from the tarmac as the president spoke.
  — Sarah Rose, Washington Post, 13 May 2020
• But think of it this way: In order for a plane to land, the tarmac must be clear.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 Sep. 2018
• And waiting on the tarmac when the plane landed were the ones that knew him back then.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• But the trauma in season 1, the shooting on the tarmac, that was such a 180.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• The video also shows the man chasing the airport ground crew on the tarmac.
  — Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• Even before my feet hit the tarmac, I was drenched in sweat.
  — William F.s. Miles, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2018
• Some slid down the right engine and landed on the tarmac.
  — Niniek Karmini, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018
• Griner and Bout crossed paths on a tarmac in the United Arab Emirates, the site of the exchange.
  — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• The plane took off, with Stanikzai and his family left on the tarmac.
  — CNN, 31 Aug. 2021
• In Iowa, Trump tossed away his tie and donned a red hat to fight off the stiff breeze on the airport tarmac.
  — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2020
• The airport was dealing with high winds of 40 miles an hour at the time of the landing and a snowy tarmac.
  — Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2025
• Some climbed aboard, clinging to the outside as the aircraft gained speed on the tarmac.
  — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2021
• For that one, he was put on a cherry picker and raised 10 feet above the planes, parked on the tarmac.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
• Passengers walked off the plane on the tarmac at the airport.
  — Kristen De Groot, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• On the tarmac at the Nashua Airport sat a dinky white plane with wings mounted over the fuselage.
  — Kurt G. Schmidt, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• The white car will be set up for desert events, with the red one optimized for tarmac.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2021
• With that, Trump climbed into a black SUV and rode onto the tarmac.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 14 Mar. 2018
• The Duke of Cambridge touched down in Tel Aviv today and was greeted on the tarmac.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 June 2018
• Evacuees jumped several feet from the plane’s exit doors and stumbled across the slick tarmac clutching jackets and small carry-on bags.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
• Dozens of police, ambulance, and rescue units, some ferrying boats, staged along the Potomac River and raced to positions along the airport's tarmac.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025