How do you use the word "flight" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "flight" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "flight": Now I have to leave, they're calling for my flight. Ultimately, space flight will be beneficial to all mankind.

Flight Meaning

/ˈflaɪ̯t/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe act of flying.

nounAn instance of flying.

Sentence Examples

Now I have to leave, they're calling for my flight.

Ultimately, space flight will be beneficial to all mankind.

Our flight eventually left five hours late.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The birds began their long ____ south for winter, soaring high above the mountains.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ from London to New York takes about seven or eight hours depending on the wind.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flight”), derived from *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”). Analyzable as fly + -t (variant of -th). Cognate with West Frisian flecht (“flight”), Dutch vlucht (“flight”), German Flucht (“flight”) (etymology 2).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Limerick terminus has changed but little since its opening, and travellers still ascend the same flight of steps from the forecourt to enter the handsome two-storey stone building, which contains the offices and a recently-modernised refreshment room." — 1958 May 26, W. J. South and L. Hyland, “Limerick as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 297:

"She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top." — 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 84:

"Baſſ. In my ſchoole dayes, when I had loſt one ſhaft / I ſhot his fellow of the ſelfeſame flight / The ſelfeſame way, with more aduiſed watch / To finde the other forth, and by aduenturing both, / I oft found both. I vrge this child-hoode proofe, […]" — c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 164:

"After the first eight-week flight of advertising, the tracking research showed that consumers' predisposition to use Citi as a financial services provider jumped 50 percent." — 2006, Pat Fallon, Fred Senn, Juicing the Orange, page 34:

"Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands." — 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:

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