How To Use Jumbo In A Sentence

Smaller and more versatile aircraft reduce financial and operational risks to airlines, particularly in economic downturns, compared to jumbo jets, he adds.
Shaun recently released a new album titled "Shaun Wish" all over Asia. His band consist of guitarist Li Shengzhi, bassist Tico, keyboardist Jumbo and drummer Bill.
He said there was no indication that the super jumbos, which will seat more than 550 people, would use Dublin Airport regularly.
He insisted on training to fly a jumbo jet despite an obvious lack of skill even with small planes.
Jumbo jets somehow lack the glamour of the transatlantic liner.

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The presence of the jumbos created terror among the villagers and they fled.
Management multiplied the camera angles, narrowed the strike zone, sodded the diamonds and the gridirons with AstroTurf, enlarged the jumbotrons, shortened the distance to the outfield fences, strengthened the golf clubs, adjusted the rules and the clocks to allow more time for the beer and truck commercials, bulked up the salaries paid to players bulked up to resemble the designated hitters in World of Warcraft. Lewis Lapham: Field of Dreams: The CIA and Me and Other Adventures in American Sports
Somebody appears to have gone to an immense amount of trouble to assemble a ragbag of every kind of mumbo-jumbo and superstition; a great waste of time, in my opinion.
In fact, the first corpulent words were "porky" in the 1860's; "jumbo" in the 1880's; and "butterball" in the 1890s. Janice Taylor: Fat In America: "Hey, FATSO!"
By the 1970s, they were thought to be vulnerable to Soviet missiles and were supplemented by converted civil airliners, now 747 jumbo jets.
But most importantly I don't want it be something that sounds like a jumbo jet taking off.
Maybe the little jumbo won't be such a dumbo next time. The Sun
That's a better way to keep the old cliche from turning into a phrase like ‘jumbo shrimp’ - a contradiction in terms.
Improbably, the result was worth it: The titivated Jumbo was so lifelike that he looked ready to charge at spectators—and, presumably, he still would, had his artificial hide not caught fire and burned him to a crisp in 1972. Wildlife Without Life
Would that we could do the same with the European Union which once so proudly took ownership of the project, that other lame-duck "superjumbo". Lame duck "superjumbo"
To be clear in a complex world, the rational linear communicator is forced to either ridiculously oversimplify a situation or disappear into mumbo-jumbo bizspeak. Shark Attack!
Alternatively, a trip to a farmers' market will offer great variety from spruce (the really thin, young stuff for stir-frying) to great big jumbos.
Jumbo jets that fly passengers on long haul journeys across the world will not be coming to Southampton Airport.
You may like to reflect that there is no-one who understands fully how a jumbo jet works. Times, Sunday Times
There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.
On Sunday, Virgin Airlines flew a jumbo jet from London to Amsterdam powered in part by coconuts ( "a biofuel mixture of coconut and babassu oil" to be more precise). Andrew Winston: Virgin Air Flying on Fumes?
There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.
Brown rather than pink, these jumbos are sculpted out of stone and they support the building.
This allowed the Federal Aviation Administration to develop rules for safe spacing between jumbos and smaller aircraft, rules still in effect today.
The elusive jumbo prawns, barbecued chicken and pork spare ribs are monsoon specials.
There were no crowds, no television cameras, no open-topped bus, or regulation congratulatory royals, when this jumbo victory - sorry, couldn't resist that - happened.
The world's largest operator of the superjumbo has received 100 and has another 42 of the aircraft on order. Times, Sunday Times
If the jumbo walked away leaving the audience amused, a clown who imitated a rag doll to perfection, left everyone truly amazed.
Extensions for the standard and jumbo boxes are available in several heights, including a 6-inch standard box for shallow installations.
Mind you, the devilled jumbo lump crab cakes with a lobster-sake dressing looked equally mouth-watering.
Lightplane pilots are faced with virtually the same decision-making tasks as are captains of jumbo jets.
Interesting to note that our little jet has used as much fuel as a holiday jumbo would burn simply getting off the ground. Times, Sunday Times
But that's if anyone reads this huge jumbo paragraph.
You may like to reflect that there is no-one who understands fully how a jumbo jet works. Times, Sunday Times
In medical school, it had seemed so much voodoo to him, pure mumbo jumbo. FAMILY PICTURES
Here is a a model I built of the 4th Oiler I served on during the Vietnam War 1963 three years before she was jumboized.
A group of enterprising Sri Lankans are taking their recycling business to jumbo heights - by turning elephant dung into paper.
The main courses with accompaniments included grilled lobster, jumbo prawns, beef wellington, assorted kebabs and vegetable au gratin.
As a scheduled operator, Virgin must fly its 400-seat jumbos even if there are only a handful of passengers on board.
Not only does the recipe say it serves 6 to 9 who can divide by 9?, but by my quick read, even if you settle on the 6-servings idea, making it for one would cause you to include a single chicken thigh, one lonely littleneck clam, one just-as-lonely mussel, a single jumbo shrimp and 1 1/2 ounces of rockfish, among other things. Cooking for One: Project Downscale
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From jumbo chicken wings or warm chicken salad around the €8 mark to garlic ciabatta bread and bruschetta for €2.45 and €3.75, they also won't break the bank.
I ordered the grilled king prawn & jumbo scallop and the house signature crispy sausage pizza.
It's like a huge jumbo version and even acts the same, drawing moisture to the center of the pad.
Anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 people saw our show in the hall, and uncounted others witnessed it on jumbo video screens scattered around the Olympic Village.
European Aviation, which based three jumbo jets at Manchester and had regular holiday flights to Florida, has announced plans to axe 560 jobs.
He offered cash for time on a flight simulator, learning how to handle a jumbo jet, but did not want to learn how to take off and land.
With the jumbos invading the fringe villages during nights, villagers are spending sleepless nights to save themselves, forget about saving their crops and habitations.
To playback sounds of galloping, roaring and trumpeting, the horses, lions and jumbos enthralled the parents who had a tough time to spot their tots in the masked group.
You don't need two hamburgers and jumbo fries -- one hamburger and small fries is enough. Mireille Guiliano - An interview with author
The Department of Transport's latest air accident investigation report reveals details of incidents involving three jumbo jets last year at Heathrow Airport.
Add the astonishing price in human lives that we pay for our automobility—they kill the equivalent of a dozen jumbo-jet crashes every day—plus the countless number of hours we waste in gridlock traffic commuting to work, running errands, picking up our kids, and searching for parking, and we can't help but ask: Haven't we had enough already? Autophobia
An ingenious circus promoter named P.T. Barnum found a way to make people laugh and make pots of moolah from the likes of a great gallumping galoot named ‘Jumbo’.
Meat and fish stock soups, grilled jumbo prawns, barbecued chicken, lamb drumsticks and pork spare-ribs are winter specials served on rooftops.
The bands come in thin, large and jumbo elastics to handle the finest strands to thick hair.
Exec: "Well everyone and their gramma has a 'flatscreen' jumbotron at home, what do we do now? Slashdot
The jumbo train is an ancient wagon that brings bodies into the city from outlying districts to be burnt. Times, Sunday Times
The map is missing the whole continent of Antarctica, even though the airline's jumbos are regularly chartered in summer for tourist overflights of Antarctica's coastline.
Behind them trails the Jumbo Queen, feted by her weighty ladies-in-waiting, waving gaily at the crowd.
S.-made Stinger anti-aircraft missile could have downed the jumbo jet.
Imagine being able to land a jumbo jet without ever taking control of the stick.
Forget the traditional methods for proposing marriage - the bended knee, the skywriting, the Jumbotron query at the local ballpark.
All the planes are widebodies - 21 superjumbo A380s, 18 A340-600s, and two A340-500s.
Just look at the wings of a jumbo jet in turbulence. Times, Sunday Times
honour'of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.
It is like trying to assemble an operational jumbo jet from its parts list — impossible.
The so-called superjumbo jet, filled with posh suites and double beds, runs on four Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines. WN.com - Articles related to Southwest kicks slim woman off plane so obese passenger can have two seats
We are talking about the sinister path here, not some “white light” arty-farty mumbo-jumbo. Satanism Exposed: The ONA Fake Org | Disinformation
They come on foot, by bike, by rickety boat or stowed away next to the wheels of jumbo jets. The Sun
The Boeing jumbo was insured for $1.75 billion, and the company has a cash hoard of more than $1 billion.
No executive could possibly be expected to understand this mumbo jumbo. YELLOW BIRD
Despite its feetlessness, however, its pathetic podalic privation, this roast turkey-or jumbo facsimile thereof-was moving down the highway at sixty-five miles an hour, traveling faster, farther on its back than many aspiring actresses. Skinny Legs and All
The hijackers drove without proper licences, violated immigration rules, left a plane sitting on an active runway and developed the unmarketable skill of knowing only how to make turns with a jumbo jet, not how to land it.
In 1986, hijackers seize a U.S. jumbo jet at Karachi's airport.
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Calling ore carriers tankers is like calling a hang glider a jumbo jet, on the basis that both are flying machines. Times, Sunday Times
Hear the stories of f light heroes and take in the museum's amazing fighter aircraft and jumbo jets. Times, Sunday Times
Once in the containers, an injection of antidote gets the jumbos back up on wobbly feet.
That is equal to two fully loaded Boeing 747 jumbo jets!
And why, with so few other orders, production of the superjumbo is being halved to only 12 a year. Times, Sunday Times
The international air corridors are filled with jumbo jets carrying tourists, business people, airline personnel and others.
Heroin and cannabis resin with an estimated street value of £120,000 was seized by the Garda National Drugs Unit as part of Operation Jumbo.
He has a few rounds of shadow-boxing with Ahriman, recites some metaphysical mumbo-jumbo, and that's it.
The shuttle was then loaded atop a converted 747 jumbo jet and flown back to Kennedy.
Did I realise that jumbo rolls of gift-wrap are three-for-the-price-of-two?
It appears officials were left with no option but to use the airport operator's data and the green superjumbo. Times, Sunday Times
But what it highly entertaining is the analysis of the company's decision to build the A380 "superjumbo". Smug
Civil transport aircraft, ranging from small turboprops to jumbo jets, move people and goods all over the world.
Sandia National Laboratories researchers have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system for GM Sandia researchers construct carbon nanotube device that can detect colors of the rainbow Jumbo 'nanotube' existence confirmed at Sandia/LANL nanotech center Nano Tech Wire
He sent a couple of minions just to be sure, despite knowing that it is strong enough to take the weight of a landing jumbo jet. The Sun
But the trend toward jumbo dogs doesn't quite explain why the Labrador retriever is far more popular than other big breeds.
All the mumbo jumbo about stabilizing"debt-to-GDP" and ignoring interest payments are examples ofbudget-speak, intended to convince people that "something is being done"when little, or nothing, is.
An aircraft can be designed as a fighter plane or a jumbo jet.
A large part of one of its jumbo jet engines sheared off shortly after it landed at Manchester from New York.
Thanks to his jumbo-sized prosthetic foot, Chhouk the baby elephant has learned to walk again.
The late 1960s witnessed the take-off of the jumbo-jet and the beginning of an era of mass travel.
‘We now have the ability to process the passengers of four jumbo jets simultaneously at the airport,’ he said.
Naturally, we get a purple jumbo jet with 84-inch spinner rims.
Almost 100 elephants and their mahouts from Pattaya's tourist attractions also turned up to show off their animal's unique skills and give them a chance to enjoy a massive feast prepared especially for the jumbos.
After one of these, it's very difficult to appreciate a Quarter Pounder or Jumbo Jack.
And you stay there in the middle , talking mumbo-jumbo , doing this sort of unregulated business , and making untaxable profits providing the " offshore " environment for all kind of things , including covered gambling. Calling in the FBI
Shrimp ranchero is five jumbos drenched in a stewlike spicy tomato sauce and served with thick tortillas.
The Navy plans to jumboize all five ships of the fleet.
The main courses with accompaniments included grilled lobster, jumbo prawns, beef wellington, assorted kebabs and vegetables au gratin.
They may wrap their writing in jargon and statistical mumbo jumbo, but the ideas themselves are not that hard to grasp (comparative advantage not withstanding!). Lighthouses, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
After one of these, it's very difficult to appreciate a Quarter Pounder or Jumbo Jack.
Belly cargo transport is a huge earner for airlines particularly those using Jumbo and Boeing 777 aircraft such as British Airways.
And while the Wall Street spinmeisters will create the enticing illusion of ‘a jumbo jet landing softly in a sea of marshmallows,’ it isn't going to happen.
He was one of the passengers aboard the new jumbo jet airplane.
Tear out pictures from in-flight magazines, place them upside down in front of you and play hunt the apple or jumbo jet. Times, Sunday Times
If you feel morose because .500 NE is not enough for you, there is a sidelock 88B called the Jumbo which is chambered for that cartridge and for the .577 and .600 NE. One More Round of SCI
One of these, Francis Moore, wrote: ‘A dreadful bugbear to the women is called Mumbo Jumbo, which keeps the women in awe.’
Last week, about 1,500 jumbo squid washed up dead on the shores of Orange County in California.
This paper describes the principle of hydraulic system, application of plug-in cone valves and press's advance mode, etc. of open-pit drill jumbo model KZL-120.
His airline is the biggest superjumbo customer, with 90 on order. Times, Sunday Times
The departure lounge at Kirkwall was packed with enough local worthies to fill a jumbo jet.
The singer of Little Plato is as diminutive as his bands name, at times hidden behind his jumbo acoustic.
A new jumbo monopitch supported by heavy steel trusses caps the building and introduces light through clerestory glazing.
There are some reasons for skepticism about the Moody's estimates of the cost advantages of the hybrid system, most notably that the spread between jumbo mortgages, which are not bought by Fannie and Freddie, and conformable mortgages that go into the Fannie and Freddie pools has generally been just 25 basis points. Dean Baker: Arithmetic and the Fannie/Freddie Fix
Let's start with the ‘finger sandwiches’ description: the crusts were not always neatly removed and you could only describe them as finger sandwiches if your fingers were the size of jumbo sausages with very large hangnails.
And just how many calories are in that jumbo smoothie?
Specialized hydraulic equipments and so on production, hydraulic ram, screw swinging cylinder, drill jumbo.
My take on all this macro mumbo jumbo is we have ourselves a good working market in terms of valuation and volatility. Gimme Baidu And Junk Bonds For This Market
The shuttle was then loaded atop a converted 747 jumbo jet and flown back to Kennedy.
Not that I've got to see much of it, only a glimpse through the windows, the rest of the day has been a lot of hippie mumbo jumbo. TICKLED PINK
The fee for jumbo passports containing 60 pages has gone up.
It refuses to accept that religious mumbo-jumbo is not our authority. Think Progress » Strategy Memo: How the Right Plans to Sink the Anti-Torture Amendment Behind Closed Doors
The jumbo jet was blasted out of the sky.
Rising high in the ranks of the company, he soon made Captain just after first flying a jumbo jet like the Boeing 747, for example.
Missing were expensive black leather boots, the white shoe polish, a jumbo jar of Nivea.
Of course, the very concept of a popular tax collector is as oxymoronic as jumbo shrimp.
The entourage will travel in two identical 747s and be accompanied by a third chartered Jumbo.
Smaller than you'd expect and very fragile looking compared to all the jumbos about the place.
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An editorial on Monday about the new jumbo Airbus misstated the weight of the airplane.
As a corporate associate in charge of quarterbacking transactions, I dealt with the various legal specialists and had to learn their mumbo jumbo.
If you feel morose because .500 NE is not enough for you, there is a sidelock 88B called the Jumbo which is chambered for that cartridge and for the .577 and .600 NE. One More Round of SCI
The final layer of polish for this DVD is, of course, the translation into English, and the subtitles come out just fine (even though they use yet another translation of Otani's nickname for Risa, adding "beanstalk" to a thesaurus that already includes "Amazon" and "jumbo gal"). Anime News Network
TIME magazine which has published numerous essays exploring the relationship between faith, prayer and healing says that even a couple of decades ago, the scientific community would not have dared to propose a double-blind, controlled study of something as intangible as prayer because the scientific temper is all about trying to ridding yourself of remnants of mysticism and obscurantism which is what many people think faith and prayer is – a lot of mumbo jumbo. Does Prayer Heal ?
The Jumbo Queen throne is rolled out onto the stage, and a drum roll builds to a crescendo.
The sheer size of the superjumbo - the largest ever built - led to fevered speculation about what might be on board. Times, Sunday Times
They're the kind where one end is a plug and the other end is a socket, so they all become one jumbo string of lights.
He says, flatly, that the jumbo is the greatest big-game animal on earth, and that he loved to hunt them. Uncategorized Blog Posts
The jumbo jet was blasted out of the sky.
He aimed to make plastic bricks, but in a jumbo size suitable for very young children.
Inside a studio large enough to house a couple of jumbo jets, a reconstruction of a tiny, sweaty club has been built.
It will receive its first double-decker superjumbo in 2011. Times, Sunday Times
More than 40% of borrowers with jumbo mortgages hold adjustable-rate loans.
This rambling mumbo jumbo is beyond irrational, to say the least. Think Progress » Sen. Alexander: Using Reconciliation To Pass Health Care Reform Would ‘End The Senate’
The Boeing jumbo was insured for $1.75 billion, and the company has a cash hoard of more than $1 billion.
Jumboizing a freighter or tanker requires some serious cutting and welding.
There are now fewer than 700 mountain gorillas left in the wild - less than the number of passengers on a jumbo jet. The Sun
The shuttle was then loaded atop a converted 747 jumbo jet and flown back to Kennedy.
The bistro is all red and white check tablecloths, jumbo pepper grinders and piped Pavarotti.
They built the interior of this two-storey hotel there - you could have fitted three jumbo jets in it. The Sun
Although it is not necessary to soak porridge oats (regular or whole / jumbo oats), it makes for quicker cooking in the morning if you do.
To playback sounds of galloping, roaring and trumpeting, the horses, lions and jumbos enthralled the parents who had a tough time to spot their tots in the masked group.
As a scheduled operator, Virgin must fly its 400-seat jumbos even if there are only a handful of passengers on board.
A bit like saying: 'For your first driving lesson how about trying a jumbo jet full of people. Times, Sunday Times
The company launched pastel-colored products and jumbo-sized paper tower rolls just in time for the 1958 recession.
A record 18 Airbus A380s were delivered in 2010, and 24 more of the world's largest passenger airliner - a 525-seat double-decker dubbed the superjumbo - are due this year. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Meanwhile, those who observed the jumbo jet exploding say they still have vivid memories.
The jumbo jet is due to fly the hostages directly back to London.
Cool jumbo-leafed caladiums thrive in the shade.
The seafood section is quite exhaustive and includes jumbo prawns.
The interesting point is that these principles have similarities with the Law of Attraction, if you discard all the psychic mumbo jumbo and "wealth creation" baggage that it carries.
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Just look at the wings of a jumbo jet in turbulence. Times, Sunday Times
Scores of people were fleeing the jumbo, jumping from the wings, falling down the chutes and running for their lives.
As a result, they also had a wings and beer special where you get a pitcher of beer along with 20 jumbo chicken wings for only $20.
Interesting to note that our little jet has used as much fuel as a holiday jumbo would burn simply getting off the ground. Times, Sunday Times
Why then, when a burst of hiccups interrupts the feasting, is the mood as it must have been, aboard the engine-less Jumbo on its precipitous descent? Archive 2008-01-20
For the first time in its history, the Jumbo water tower will be decked out in dazzling lights for the festive season.
Missing were expensive black leather boots, the white shoe polish, a jumbo jar of Nivea.
He has a few rounds of shadow-boxing with Ahriman, recites some metaphysical mumbo-jumbo, and that's it.
I have done that before: the linux Jumbo patches that included IDE DMA code and other kernel fixes that had been rejected initially by Linus.
Launched with this jumbo team aboard for a test flight, the aircraft failed to gain height.
Management multiplied the camera angles, narrowed the strike zone, sodded the diamonds and the gridirons with AstroTurf, enlarged the jumbotrons, shortened the distance to the outfield fences, strengthened the golf clubs, adjusted the rules and the clocks to allow more time for the beer and truck commercials, bulked up the salaries paid to players bulked up to resemble the designated hitters in World of Warcraft. Lewis Lapham: Field of Dreams: The CIA and Me and Other Adventures in American Sports
In early 2006, the Airbus A380 "superjumbo" failed a stress-test of its wings as the two-deck plane was in flight tests and just months before it was slated for certification and first delivery. Dreamliner Woes Point to Difficulty of Using High-Tech Materials
Sell a ticket at any price, just don't leave a jumbo idle.
The jumbo jet is after all one of the most potent symbols of this century.
Mind you, the devilled jumbo lump crab cakes with a lobster-sake dressing looked equally mouth-watering.
The jumbo jet is due to fly the hostages directly back to London.
If you have what they call a jumbo loan, you could get help from the economic stimulus package. CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2008
But did you try watching it after 2 jumbo margaritas?
There are two very giant jumbo television screens here in New York City.
On this jumbotron, the Kings ran a series of images depicting Detroit as full of dilapidated, garbage-strewn buildings and burned-out cars.
The global citizen is assaulted with a cacophony of claptrap, and mumbo-jumbo has gained the upper hand.
And of course, this explains why BET (or rappers or whatever) is responsible for the horrible debacle looming in CRE and all the jumbo foreclosures. The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism
Fast-food companies made an important discovery: consumers were reluctant to buy two boxes of, say, popcorn because they feared people might think they were gluttons, but they were happy to pay a little more for jumbo-sized boxes.
His daughter Amanda sat at his bedside in stiff, pout-lipped profile, reading some piece of religious mumbo-jumbo.
That's the same as a full jumbo jet crashing at Heathrow every day of the week and two on Sunday.
With the jumbos invading the fringe villages during nights, villagers are spending sleepless nights to save themselves, forget about saving their crops and habitations.
I guarantee it is no less full of scientific mumbo jumbo than a purchase and sale agreement is full of legalese.
I suppose the CPS must have thought it would just sound like too much mumbo jumbo. AFTERMATH
The superjumbo was to be the largest passenger jet ever built. Airbus, Amid Turmoil,
The buildings were designed to withstand the force of even a bigger jumbo jet crashing.
Jumbo jets somehow lack the glamour of the transatlantic liner.
Next time you're at the airport look at a jumbo jet such as the B - 747 or B - 777.
Meanwhile, Tokyo-based analyst Peter Tasker sees some "eery" parallels between China's jumbo fiscal package and Japan's 1990s stimulus plans, which totalled Y100 trillion Pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator

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