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parachuting

[ US /ˈpɛɹəˌʃutɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /pˈæɹəʃˌuːtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. descent with a parachute
    he had done a lot of parachuting in the army

How To Use parachuting In A Sentence

  • One mission involved his parachuting from the belly of a B-52 from 30,000 feet into the jungles of Laos in what he said, They called a halo jump. STANLEY BRYON MAXCY JR
  • I was going to have a go at parachuting but lost my nerve at the last minute.
  • Developed from parachuting canopies, modern paragliders have replaced hang-gliding as the most popular aerial activity because of a relatively-simple control mechanism.
  • They also shot helicopter and parachuting scenes. The Sun
  • Parachuting could have evolved into gliding and finally into active flight.
  • Parachuting is a dangerous occupation.
  • It also emerged that parachuting courses had been cancelled in the past year because of a lack of aircraft. Times, Sunday Times
  • The jump organisers hoped to test whether parachuting from immense heights could prove a viable means of escape for the nascent commercial space industry. Times, Sunday Times
  • The stunts range from parachuting onto a hot air balloon to the classic barnstorming to landing a Cessna on the Golden Gate Bridge.
  • Base jumping is parachuting from a fixed structure such as a building or a cliff. The Sun
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