In a sentence
Six example sentences with airborne, each labelled with its topic.
Pollen counts spike in April when the grains stay airborne for hours above the whole valley floor.
Environment
Ward staff switched to fitted masks once the outbreak proved airborne rather than spread by touched surfaces.
Medicine
A drone keeps the camera airborne long enough to catch the herd crossing the river at first light.
Photography
Volcanic ash stays airborne for days, and the finest grains circle the globe on winds high in the stratosphere.
Science
An airborne sensor slung under the survey plane maps soil moisture across a county in a single afternoon.
Technology
Flour dust becomes airborne when you tip a sack too fast, and bakers wear masks in the mixing room for that reason.
Cooking
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