How to Use liftoff in a Sentence

liftoff

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  • Thousand of spectators gathered to watch the liftoff of the space shuttle.
  • The song — which is teased at various points in the show — is given quite the liftoff at the end.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • As with any rocket launch, there's a lot at stake with this liftoff.
    — NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • But for extra liftoff, a speedy blow-dry will add swoosh.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2022
  • How steep the liftoff remains to be seen — although this week could be telling.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2022
  • But investors wanted too much, a liftoff on top of a liftoff.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Visit the town during a launch and see liftoff in person.
    — Caroline McKenzie, Country Living, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The Starship will loop around the planet and splash down north of Hawaii about 90 minutes after liftoff.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Each four-legged lander is about the size of a small car and weighed about 3,900 pounds at liftoff—most of that weight was propellant.
    — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The plan called for the booster to peel away from the spacecraft minutes after liftoff, but that didn’t happen.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The Blue Origin rocket veered off course over West Texas about a minute after liftoff.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Nothing has achieved liftoff on a real groove yet and the crowd is looking puzzled.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • This will be the biggest liftoff in a long, long time and the 322-foot SLS has been billed as the most powerful rocket ever.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The South’s military tracked the flight from its liftoff at about 3:50 a.m. from the North’s Tongchang-ri area, and also declared it a failure.
    — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The satellite, named Barry, is set for liftoff later this year aboard a SpaceX rocket.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The shock of the rocket’s liftoff damaged the launchpad, scattering large chunks of debris across the area and into the shoreline.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Sparkly moon boots were on order for Chanel's show, which achieved liftoff via a giant rocket in the middle of the floor.
    — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022
  • It’s expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean about an hour and a half after liftoff.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Check him out in a bust-length, life-size carving that seems to catch him poised in meditative liftoff.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • As their Learjet sped down the runway for liftoff, the tires popped, causing the aircraft to lose control and crash into a fence.
    — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The massive Super Heavy rocket booster will give the first blast of power at liftoff.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
  • What’s more common are those folks who forgot, or who pushed the limit and just want to send one last email before liftoff.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Time of coverage start time is subject to change, based on exact liftoff time.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Enlarge / SpaceX's Starship rocket on a launch pad in Texas awaiting liftoff on a test flight.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • At liftoff, the white boosters were set underneath Endeavour’s wings and produced more than 80% of the lift.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The booster was supposed to peel away from the spacecraft three minutes after liftoff, but that didn’t happen.
    — Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The booster was supposed to peel away from the spacecraft three minutes after liftoff, but that didn't happen.
    — Marcia Dunn, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023
  • About eight minutes after liftoff, Super Heavy will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The Challenger was a space shuttle that broke apart after its liftoff in January 1986.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
  • SpaceX completed a hot fire test of the rocket on Tuesday, and declared that the vehicle was ready for liftoff.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2023

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