How to Use parachute in a Sentence

parachute

1 of 2 noun
  • The supplies were dropped by parachute.
  • The pilot was wearing a parachute.
  • Around 2:20 three planes started to drop their parachutes across the beach.
    Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The Golden Knights parachute team will return to the air and work with children on the ground.
    Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Cruise advised him to eject from the plane, then Kimmel dropped on to the stage via parachute.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In a matter of seconds, a parachute opened and the pilot floated back to the ground.
    Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Those catkins release capsules of seed to the wind on parachutes of fluff.
    Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2023
  • Couch tried to grab the parachute with his hands but couldn’t, and the group continued to be dragged, the warrant says.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Then a parachute attached to the net deploys to soften the landing.
    Jason Sherman, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Lamar woke up with a broken arm and his parachute hanging from a tree.
    Paul Best, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The ceiling is covered in white parachute fabric, which breathes in and out.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Without the benefit of DRS, the Mercedes looks like it’s dragging a parachute on the straights.
    Rob Reed, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Photographs released by the Fire Department show the wrecked plane and parachute caught up in the trees about 100 feet from the ground.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In the film, Cruise drives a motorcycle off a massive cliff and parachutes safely down to the ground.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 July 2023
  • Thanks to an old-fashioned parachute, the only sign of his brush with death was a long scrape along one cheekbone.
    Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • With a rich sheen, these parachute track pants are date night ready with a pair of stilettos and a mini bag to finish.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Sep. 2022
  • His record for the highest balloon ascent and the longest parachute free fall would stand for 52 years.
    Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
  • That's exactly what happens to a race car when a drag chute—a small parachute that comes out of the back—is deployed.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • Swift's dancers flowed onto the stage through fog with pink, purple and orange parachute flaps.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Both crews bailed out soon after, floating down to the jungle by parachute.
    Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Clouds of fog in neon yellow and bright fuchsia gave way to flowing silks and capes that billowed like parachutes in the wind.
    Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Yes, Dodge will sell a parachute to stop the Demon 170 after those mad dashes.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The 1980s are Finethy’s sweet spot so he was hired to create designs for Dustin’s shirts, such as groovy karate or parachute art and a drama club tee.
    Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The equipment used to measure wind and temperature floats back to earth on a parachute.
    Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Ethan jumps off a cliff on a motorcycle and parachutes into a train car.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
  • Both crews ejected by parachute and all four men were rescued.
    Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Following a review of data from this test, the parachute system would be cleared for a crew flight.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The pilot, who survived, could be seen ejecting with his parachute opening moments before the jet struck the ground, the fire brigade said.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Patel said Crooks did not have a parachute on when his body was recovered.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Lights that look like parachutes or jellyfish were hung by the staff, and the blue accents are inspired by the Vietnamese coastline.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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parachute

2 of 2 verb
  • The soldiers parachuted in and quickly hid their gear.
  • We will parachute supplies in after you arrive.
  • New troops were parachuted into enemy territory.
  • New troops parachuted into enemy territory.
  • The capsule will parachute down at the Utah Test and Training Range.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
  • When the balloon burst, the toy cow parachuted safely back to Earth.
    Fox News, 10 July 2019
  • For those guys to have to parachute in and pull that off is difficult.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • The crash, pictured here, gave time for only one of the four crew members to parachute out.
    Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
  • The capsule will be released into space and will parachute back to Earth and land near the launch site.
    Dallas News, 11 June 2021
  • Once their job was done, both men would parachute from the airplane to safety.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Are there a lot of 45-year-old women who parachute into the middle of fires?
    Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 May 2021
  • The sample capsule will parachute into the Utah desert.
    Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Cruise rode a motorcycle off the edge of a cliff and parachuted to safety on the first day of filming.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • In any case, whether for parts big or small, many in Hollywood are more than eager to parachute in.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The flight is expected to last about 10 minutes from blastoff to parachute landing.
    CBS News, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Dead stars Jolie as the smoke jumper Hannah — one of the expert firefighters trained to parachute into a blaze.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2021
  • During that uncrewed flight, the rocket broke apart, but the capsule safely parachuted to the West Texas desert.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The capsule will then parachute to safety in the Utah desert with its scientific spoils in tow.
    Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The spacecraft would stow this bounty in a protective capsule, fly back home, and then parachute it to Earth.
    David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The pair aboard the aircraft parachuted to the ground and were then transported to a hospital for surveillance.
    Madeline Beck, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
  • People jump out of perfectly good airplanes, parachute at high speeds down to a pond and then dance across the water for style points.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 6 July 2022
  • Hudson said the spiders don't parachute, but rather balloon.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2022
  • At the end of September, a canister with some rock samples parachuted into the Utah desert.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In 2012, the queen acted in a sketch that appeared to show her jump from a helicopter and parachute into the stadium at the London Olympics.
    WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
  • In the city of masks squirrels parachute on gusts and gales like paratroopers gliding on the buoyancy of regret.
    Daniel Torday, Wired, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Most of these men parachuted in, but more than 1,000 landed in gliders also made of plywood and fabric!
    Fox News, 7 June 2019
  • The actual flight capsule will parachute into the ocean south of San Diego, where a Navy recovery team will await them.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In the game, up to 100 players parachute onto a remote island to battle in a winner-take-all showdown.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 May 2022
  • In one, bunnies parachute onto rolling green hills while wearing masks.
    Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The capsule, released four hours earlier by the spacecraft, parachuted onto the Utah Test and Training Range.
    Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023

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