Sentence examples for act of air from inspiring English sources

That raised the death toll to 90 in Russia's worst act of air terrorism.

The deadliest act of air piracy to date occurred on September 11 , 2001 when suicide terrorists simultaneously hijacked four airliners in the United States and flew two of them into the World Trade Center complex in New York City and one into the Pentagon near Washington, D.C.

The forcing down of Bolivian President Evo Morales's plane – denied airspace by France, Spain and Portugal, followed by his 14-hour confinement while Austrian officials demanded to "inspect" his aircraft for the "fugitive" Edward Snowden – was an act of air piracy and state terrorism.

This was the first act of air piracy that involved an American airline in the history of the United States.

Ditto the Hollywood psychic — another risky target, eh? — who watches Brüno mime an act of air-fellatio and says, after completion, "Well, good luck with your life".

The very act of forcing air into the lungs can further damage the organ's tiny, delicate air sacs and ultimately lead to organ damage and death.

It's the act of singing, of air going across your vocal cords, being present... I'm trying not to use the word meditation but it's that kind of thing, and it saves me every time".

With additional automatic features incorporated into its design, the air brake became widely accepted, and the Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893 made air brakes compulsory on all American trains.

His contempt for the other foreigners he comes across, whom he finds vulgar and ugly, is uncharitable and misplaced; for most Westerners, the very act of buying an air ticket to Iran, a country that is vilified like almost no other, is proof of courage and imagination.

She seems alert to everything: the "feathered breaths" of her grandmother, how her "exhales were smooth and liquid, which seems to me now the surest sign of a life's exit — when the act of giving away air is easier than that of accepting it"; the way the dying woman's skin has "flattened a tone — and I mean it this way, like a piece of music gone off-key".

Through the simple act of ensuring healthier air, we can cut serious medical incidents and hospital visits by the thousands.