How to Use flyover in a Sentence

flyover

noun
  • Here is how the Rose Bowl looked from the stealth bomber during the pregame flyover.
    — oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2020
  • To be there last year and all the pageantry that comes with it, the flyovers and everything.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2019
  • The flyover is scheduled for 6:45 p.m.; game starts at 7 p.m.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The roof is so minimal that the Vikings can still do a flyover before the game.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2018
  • There was a flyover by a B-2 stealth bomber, the world’s most expensive plane.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Nor could modern flyovers find even a fraction of the war’s traces.
    — Nick Stockton, WIRED, 9 July 2018
  • The mic wasn’t on to start the national anthem and the flyover was about 20 seconds late.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The road work will start removal of the U.S. 441 bridges and building the east side, or future northbound lanes, and the new flyover bridge.
    — Jerry Fallstrom, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The flyover begins at 7 p.m. Thursday and lasts one hour.
    — Allen Kim, CNN, 7 May 2020
  • The flyover had arrived, and after the cheers and applause for the jets was over, the crowd continued singing.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Such storms could cause the Pentagon to call off the flyovers that Mr. Trump wants so badly.
    — Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • One of the favorite traditions of the Indy 500 in recent years is the pre-race flyover.
    — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2023
  • The time and flight path is expected to be announced 24 hours before the flyover.
    — Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2020
  • Watch for the manta rays in the water, and each sunset there’s a massive flyover by fox bats.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The woman who planned a flyover of the wedding and has an ice sculptor working in real time at the venue?
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In the Southern Cemetery, known as al-Qarafa, the new flyover plows through a nearly 1-mile swath once dense with graves.
    — Lee Keath, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • So, the flyover may end up being limited to before the game.
    — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • And in recent years, there has been an explosion of big flags, flyovers.
    — Fox News, 6 June 2018
  • The service for the Army veteran was followed by a flyover, taps and a rifle salute.
    — Washington Post, 7 May 2018
  • The choppers land at the pale-blue Uzon Caldera, visit hot springs, and do a flyover of the Gorely volcano, caves, and calving glaciers.
    — Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The ceremony will conclude with a B-25 Bomber flyover and the firing of the ship’s cannon.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The Navy flyover for the game in Glendale also will pass over the park just after the national anthem.
    — John Marshall, ajc, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The event will include guest speakers, taps and tossing of wreath over the ship along with a missing-man flyover and parachute jump.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022
  • Social media was also abuzz with outrage at the prospect of a flyover.
    — Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The 301st Fighter Wing will do a flyover during the ceremonies.
    — Faye Reeder, star-telegram, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Here are a couple of looks at the flyover from inside Arrowhead.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2025
  • For the first time in Super Bowl history, an all-women group of navy pilots will perform the flyover ahead of the game.
    — Kinsey Crowley, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In response to the recent flyover, Molder said the City of Columbia has its own story to tell.
    — al, 26 June 2020
  • At this point, the center includes a flyover video and renderings.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Each service traditionally gets the chance to show off its air power with pregame flyovers that put the US military’s might on full display.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024

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