How to Use tarmac in a Sentence

tarmac

noun
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  • All of the men left the jet and were standing on the tarmac.
    — Ben Foldy, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The truck rammed through a gate and went onto the tarmac.
    — Julie Luchetta, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
  • From the tarmac, Griner spoke on the phone with Biden and wife, Cherelle Griner.
    — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • First, the stowaway takes to the runway, with the lights along the tarmac.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The men, Warren among them, were lined up on the tarmac.
    — Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Around the skidpad, the Mustang clung to the tarmac with 1.11 g of force.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Trump climbed the stairs to a platform and waved to a tarmac filled with red.
    — Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2020
  • For five days, the FedEx plane sat on the tarmac in Shanghai.
    — USA Today, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Those aboard the flight deplaned on the tarmac with the help of airstairs and were bussed to the terminal.
    — Dan Carson, Chron, 3 Oct. 2022
  • But the trauma in season 1, the shooting on the tarmac, that was such a 180.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Griner and Bout crossed paths on a tarmac in the United Arab Emirates, the site of the exchange.
    — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The plane took off, with Stanikzai and his family left on the tarmac.
    — CNN, 31 Aug. 2021
  • In Iowa, Trump tossed away his tie and donned a red hat to fight off the stiff breeze on the airport tarmac.
    — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Some climbed aboard, clinging to the outside as the aircraft gained speed on the tarmac.
    — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2021
  • For that one, he was put on a cherry picker and raised 10 feet above the planes, parked on the tarmac.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • On the tarmac at the Nashua Airport sat a dinky white plane with wings mounted over the fuselage.
    — Kurt G. Schmidt, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The white car will be set up for desert events, with the red one optimized for tarmac.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2021
  • With the Mets idling on a tarmac, the Reds waited out an hours-long rain delay to beat…the Brewers.
    — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • For road games prior to 9/11, the Beavers used to drive their bus onto the tarmac and load a private plane.
    — oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2021
  • My initial flight sat on the tarmac for over three hours and was unable to find crew to load the luggage on the plane.
    — New York Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The airline had the lowest rate of two-hour tarmac delays.
    — Allison Pohle, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Only one tarmac road connects the tiny airstrip to the harbor town.
    — Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The woman passed away before the flight took off, while the plane was still sitting on the runway, or tarmac.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Agholor then turned on the jets and left Hall flat-footed on the tarmac before hauling in Bourne’s pass.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The women were ushered back on the tarmac onto a bare windowless plane and asked to sit on the floor.
    — cincinnati.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • And she was left on the tarmac without a clue that her trusty agent Susie gambled away her earnings from the gig.
    — Rachel Schonberger, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • There were courtesy cars on the tarmac waiting to drive the players to their hotels.
    — New York Times, 17 June 2021
  • In most lineups, there is at least one trim with off-roading specs, ready to jump off the tarmac and tackle the rocks.
    — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • When Zainab’s massive cargo plane landed and slid along the tarmac, the doors opened and a gush of hot air rushed over the evacuees.
    — Zahra Nader, Time, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Just then, the Land Cruiser jolted across the broken tarmac.
    — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024

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