How to Use fuselage in a Sentence

fuselage

noun
Definition of fuselagenext
  • The back one's tilt down, the front one's tilt up to stop the sheer forces in the fuselage.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The top of the fuselage burned out and the plane tipped over on its side during the fire.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • While the plane spiraled to the ground, its fuselage tore apart in midair, videos of the crash showed.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • There, stenciled on the left side of the fuselage, was the answer.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The fuselage and wings of the Bora will be built in Georgia.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Lightning cracked the sky and the blue light of St. Elmo’s fire danced around the fuselage.
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Upon liftoff, a key sensor on the left side of the fuselage failed.
    — Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The man in the shiny suit dropped toward her shoulder, and the boy was pushed against the fuselage wall.
    — Anne Enright, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2019
  • That’s because the old plane’s fuselage will be used as a stage and dance floor.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 July 2021
  • The tail of a small plane could be seen behind a blue tarp used to cover the fuselage.
    — al, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Next, the middle section of the fuselage was lowered and attached to the wings.
    — Niraj Chokshi Lindsey Wasson, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The impact caused the cover to open and sent some parts into the fuselage.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The engines are mounted on the rear of the fuselage, on either side.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The batteries will be 50% of the takeoff weight and make up the fuselage of the plane near where the wings attach.
    — Alex Stone, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The plane’s fuselage was 225 feet long and the tail stood as tall as a six-story building.
    — Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The air stairs, which unfold from the right side of the fuselage, are the only way in and out of the vehicle.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2021
  • There was a gap between the flight deck and the fuselage; the wing didn’t attach securely to the body of the plane.
    — Maureen Tkacik, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2019
  • On the big ships, the next important step is removal of the fuselage.
    — Hall Hibbard, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The fuselage and wings were in a vacant lot on Edgemoor Lane.
    — Washington Post, 5 June 2021
  • Bits of a fuselage and part of a tail with some lettering on it.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Packages are carried in a square pod or fuselage in the middle of the drone.
    — Alan Levin, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • When the plane touched down at the end of its flight, the wheels of one fuselage hit the ground while the other side of the aircraft remained in the air.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2021
  • But it was found next to part of the main fuselage, with what appeared to be all the cable rolled up on a spool.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • From there, the air pours downwards -- not lengthways through the fuselage.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • In a small clearing along the Bear Lake segment is the fuselage of a red and white Cherokee plane.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2022
  • The diameter of the 3M fuselage was just north of 11 feet.
    — Anatoly Zak, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2020
  • That’s why the plane’s fuselage has its blimpy shape, and why the wings are located towards the back.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Larger aircraft may have them on the bottom of the fuselage.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The carbon fiber fuselage accommodates the wider side-by-side seating arrangement, and the craft stands just over 9 feet (2.7 m) tall.
    — New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2024

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