Sentence examples for like parachuting from inspiring English sources

Acting, he explained, was like parachuting.

Dinner at Jeepney, on the other hand, felt more like parachuting into Manila myself.

It sounds like parachuting into a waterfall with lots of fishes jumping around.

Like parachuting or rock climbing, in reality this is about pushing your own limits–not just about driving.

"I'd like to parachute and still be alive, but I'm afraid I'd pull the strings improperly and embarrass myself.

Allen is an absentee owner, who, along with Bob Whitsitt, the Seattle-based president/general manager he hired, likes to parachute in and dash out of town.

Described as having flappy forearms (the better for gliding), the three-and-a-half-inch-long frog likes to "parachute" from tree to tree, Jodi Rowley, an amphibian biologist at the Australian Museum in Sydney, told the magazine.

"This is like Redbook parachuting into a party and saying, 'Here we are.' " Michael Perry, chief executive at House Party, estimated that more than 33,000 people in the company's database of 800,000 hosts applied to host a Redbook party — "about two times the normal average of 15,000 to 20,000 for big clients," he said.

He likes hang-gliding, parachuting, 100-mile races.

But a number of nonrecoverable failures were just as likely, scientists said, like parachute failure or a flaw in the air bag system designed to cushion Beagle 2's impact on the surface of Mars.

Disgusted by inexperienced but well-connected princelings like Mr. Xi parachuting into his domain, Mr. Gao made him deputy party secretary of Zhengding.