parachute
Example Sentences
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Rhodes joined the Army after high school and served for three years before being honorably discharged after a parachuting accident in 1986.
From Salon
And when he did race, his parachute was black.
From Los Angeles Times
But what begins as the sleazy and alluring tale of a man parachuting into self-destruction turns into an exploration of the transformative power of living in one’s true identity.
From Los Angeles Times
The small, fully automated rocket took off vertically, and the capsule carrying the tourists then detached in flight before gently descending back to the Texas desert, slowed by parachutes.
From Barron's
“You need a parachute before jumping,” he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
