How to Use "Plane" with Example Sentences

plane (n): a flying vehicle with wings and one or two engines (also known as airplane); a flat surface

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Used with verbs:

"She missed the plane."
(missed, caught, boarded, exited, got off, got on)

"The plane flew through the sky."
(flew, soared)

"We took a plane to get there."
(took)

"The plane is about to take off."
(take off, land)

"This plane is carrying 400 people."
(be + carrying)

"Who is flying the plane?"
(be + flying, be + piloting, be + chartering)

"The plane crashed."
(crashed, be + hijacked, be + shot down)

Used with nouns:

"Did you buy your plane ticket yet?"
(ticket)

"There was a plane crash on the news."
(crash)

Used with adjectives:

"The president has a private plane."
(private, small, jet)

"We took a commercial plane."
(commercial, passenger, cargo)

"They shot down the fighter plane."
(fighter, spy)

"The floor must be built on a level plane."
(level, flat, horizontal, even)

Used with prepositions:

"We came here by plane."
(by)

"She was not on the plane."
(on)

"We sat in the plane for hours."
(in)