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aerial

existing or living or growing or operating in the air

In a sentence

Six example sentences with aerial, each labelled with its topic.

  • An aerial view from the drone revealed crop marks that nobody standing in the field had ever noticed.

    Photography

  • Orchids send out aerial roots that dangle from the branch and drink mist instead of drawing from soil.

    Environment

  • The first aerial survey of the site was flown in 1922, and the photographs mapped walls buried for centuries.

    History

  • The dunk contest rewards aerial creativity, and this year's winner spun a full circle before the ball left his hand.

    Basketball

  • The aerial sequences were shot from a helicopter chasing real biplanes over the desert, with no digital effects at all.

    Movies

  • Aerial silks classes build shoulder strength, since every move hangs the whole body from two lengths of fabric.

    Fitness

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