Sentence examples for were jettisoned from inspiring English sources

Dictionary

were jettisoned

verb

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

  • The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.

Exact(60)

The seeds were jettisoned.

Long, dramatic Manchesterian sentences were jettisoned.

Instead, they were jettisoned one by one.

Songs she was unable to retrofit were jettisoned.

One by one, these possibilities were jettisoned as I made other choices.

At the embassy here, words like "assistance" and "aid" were jettisoned for "partnership" and "co-responsibility".

ONCE the ancillary characters and details were jettisoned, there loomed a much bigger problem: Quoyle himself.

In addition, Richard Pyrah and Moin Ashraf were jettisoned to second XI cricket this week.

Scheduled stops at city showplaces like the War Memorial Opera House and Davies Symphony Hall were jettisoned without explanation.

To reflect the times, songs about Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin were jettisoned; two blues songs by Josh White were added.

But last week the zones were jettisoned, after residents complained about the loss of local names in their mailing addresses.

Show more...

Your English writing platform

Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.

Student

Used by millions of students, scientific researchers, professional translators and editors from all over the world!

MitStanfordHarvardAustralian Nationa UniversityNanyangOxford

Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak quote

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak

CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com

Get started for free

Unlock your writing potential with Ludwig

Letters

Most frequent sentences: