How to Use aerial in a Sentence

aerial

1 of 2 adjective
  • Bloodhounds, boats and aerial units searched the woods and the water.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • One video showed an aerial view of the mountain as the helicopter neared the area in which the hikers stood.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Or, go by helicopter and get an aerial view of the many whales that frequent the area.
    Mark Lakin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The problem with the roads is that it’s been subject to aerial bombardment.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
  • An aerial view last year of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The aerial footage appeared to show at least three bodies covered by sheets outside the mall.
    John Miller, CNN, 6 May 2023
  • Ostroskey also deployed a drone to provide aerial images of the fire to the command center on the ground, Wark said.
    Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
  • The group shared a new ad for its proposal last week, along with an aerial concept map of how the new city might fill those tens of thousands of acres the group owns.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • For aerial views of the Grand Canyon, there’s a helicopter tour that takes travelers from the West Rim to the canyon floor, where a pontoon boat is waiting.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
  • In an aerial view, burned cars and homes are seen a neighborhood that was destroyed by a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii.
    CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Less than a decade later came the computerized aerial blitzkrieg over Lebanon.
    Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • An aerial view of the parking lot area where the shooting occurred in Annapolis, Md., on Friday.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 5 May 2023
  • Freely TVs can also be placed anywhere in the home where there is a wi-fi connection, removing the need for a dish or aerial.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Fisher said Daniels should have been provided an aerial lift to do the work, which was available onsite.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Visiting schools, sports groups and families love the aerial park.
    Seward Hospitality, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
  • At the time, the only proof of Pando’s existence was aerial observations from the 1970s.
    Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • By January, the agencies have a good idea of the wolf population but use aerial surveys to check their work.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • What appears to be structural damage can be seen in aerial photos.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Their aerial surveys have spotted them on both sides of the Canada-North Dakota border.
    CBS News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Israeli forces pierced deeper into the Gaza Strip as part of a new phase of the war, a ground incursion of the enclave’s south after aerial and ground attacks in the north.
    Andrew jeong, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The headline features are support for widgets on the desktop, a new game mode, and moving aerial screensavers.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 5 June 2023
  • And as its wings tilted to make its tight aerial turns, the white feathers underneath suddenly caught the beams of the late afternoon sun.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Then, a swan-like aerial dancer descended into the room, flapping her feathers about.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2024
  • An aerial drone struck a school in Eilat earlier in the day, with images on social media showing a pillar of smoke from the impact.
    Ari Flanzraich, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Alexander Elmendorf braved the harsh weather at a campsite set with trailers, RVs and an aerial rig.
    Scott Sonner, ajc, 6 Sep. 2023
  • How can someone justify the aerial bombardment going on for weeks in a small area.
    Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Sunrise forest bathing, early morning canoeing on Lake Kawaguchi, and aerial stretching are all a part of the draw here.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2023
  • An aerial survey by the joint U.S.-Mexico agency that controls access to the river found that 80% of the buoys were actually on the Mexican side of the border.
    Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But what makes this 90-minute show special is more than hula hoops, juggling and aerial gymnastics.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • Some North Texas residents were treated this Fourth of July weekend to an impressive drone show that broke the world record for the largest aerial sentence.
    Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
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aerial

2 of 2 noun
  • She tried a new aerial in her last competition.
  • The combined group will then turn west and make its way to the pier for a joint aerial photo.
    Joshua Emerson Smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Fekete added a yard at center, which was followed by the first aerial of the game.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2021
  • In this aerial, a house is on fire in Carbon, Texas, on Friday.
    NBC News, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Uhlman, who Drury believes to be one of the best receivers to come through the program, will be the top aerial option.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Eye in the Tesla sky: What aerial photos say about Elon Musk’s sales.
    Fox News, 7 Sep. 2018
  • More than 650 feet of cable arrived, and inmates helped run it from the school to the prison’s central aerial.
    Elena Becatoros, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The aerial is a progressive maneuver during which the surfer gains speed and uses the wave height to project and launch above the lip of the wave.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021
  • When the aerial is earthed, part of the carrier wave will be absorbed.
    The Economist, 13 Sep. 2017
  • As Jongbloed blocked his effort, the ball hit the aerial Kempes not once but twice; first on the knee and then on the foot, and then again off the head of Jongbloed.
    SI.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • There’s even an aerial of the city with the model wearing one of Minkoff’s studded leather jackets.
    Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The eagle landed on one of the aerials after fire officials set it up, and stayed put for less than a minute.
    Nicole Darrah, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2018
  • Junior Hannah Blair kicked things off with a season-high score of 9.875 in the aerial tumbling pass.
    Tyson Alger, OregonLive.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Tracking dogs as well as an aerial until assisted in the search, but to no avail.
    Carol Robinson, AL.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Smoke spills across the stage as two lithe men expertly climb a set of elegant aerial silks.
    Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, 27 July 2019
  • Between her razor-sharp dance moves and soaring height on her aerials and leaps, Laurie is a joy to watch.
    Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2016
  • Luke Spencer won a crucial aerial duel inside the New York penalty box and Ownby, working with his back to the goal, swiveled and one-touched the ball in at the far post.
    Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2017
  • The Barons also just missed on two aerials to open receivers behind the last defender.
    Barry Faulkner, Daily Pilot, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Jigar Shah said of his aerial hoist up into the helicopter.
    Rick Neale, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Why was there no fuel for the government rescue boats, and why was no aerial search mounted for days?
    New York Times, 10 July 2019
  • Lukasz Fabianski came up with a huge save of his own after Paul Pogba picked Lukaku out in the box with a pinpoint aerial ball in the 81st minute.
    SI.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • There's no contorting and twisting down a halfpipe or streaking through a mogul field in aerials.
    Nick Pachelli, Esquire, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Surfers accustomed to charging heavy waves will have the advantage in 2024, when survival — not aerials — may be on top of their minds.
    New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The surface and aerial shows were preceded by a rocket-belt demonstration, a baseball game and high-wire and trapeze acts.
    Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 4 July 2018
  • At least 22 people were killed and scores injured after four aerial raids hit a crowded district in Douma.
    NBC News, 19 June 2017
  • The aerials picked up 226 yards, but there was one interception by the Bengals' safety man, Ken Graham.
    Rich Exner, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Failure to launch The Renegades were expected to have a high-powered aerial attack this season.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Our demo opened with a race that involved all three classes of transportation, with aquatic, aerial, and driving legs all in a row.
    Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 20 June 2017
  • Their perspective is best described as aerial, but the items seem to float as if suspended in time or memory.
    New York Times, 20 June 2018
  • The small aerial-aquatic glider, which can fit in the palm of your hands, uses a chemical reaction to propel itself out of the water.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 11 Sep. 2019

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