PILOT in a Sentence

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66 example sentences for PILOT, such as:

1. The pilot gave the order to bomb up.
2. The pilot did manage to get airborne.
3. The pilot was unable to maintain height.
4. All on the plane were killed, including the pilot.
5. The pilot programme of vaccination proved successful.

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 Meanings and Examples of PILOT
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pilot
 n.  one who guides a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  I'm the captain and the owner and the mate and the pilot and watchman and head deck-hand; and sometimes I'm the freight and passengers.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII.
2  As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d'If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.
3  When the young man on board saw this person approach, he left his station by the pilot, and, hat in hand, leaned over the ship's bulwarks.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.
4  The four seamen, who composed the crew, obeyed, while the pilot looked on.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
5  The pilot again changed the course of the boat, which rapidly approached the island, and was soon within fifty paces of it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
6  The rest of his toilet was soon achieved, and he proudly marched out of the room, wrapped up in his great pilot monkey jacket, and sporting his harpoon like a marshal's baton.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.
7  This, shipmates, this is that other lesson; and woe to that pilot of the living God who slights it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
8  Now in getting under weigh, the station generally occupied by the pilot is the forward part of the ship.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.
9  Twenty times they thought the whirling eddies were sweeping them to destruction, when the master-hand of their pilot would bring the bows of the canoe to stem the rapid.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
10  "Yes, and I think it will last," added Mrs. March, with the restful expression of a pilot who has brought a ship safely into port.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
11  We cast anchor within a league of the town, and made a signal for a pilot.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER IX.
12  Southern winds stretch the sails; we scud over the foam-flecked waters, whither wind and pilot called our course.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
13  By the rough seas I swear, fear for myself never wrung me so sore as for thy ship, lest, the rudder lost and the pilot struck away, those gathering waves might master it.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SIXTH
14  He resembled a pilot, which to a seaman is trustworthiness personified.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
15  Rumor had it that Captain Butler was one of the best pilots in the South and that he was reckless and utterly without nerves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
16  All on the plane were killed, including the pilot.
17  Because of the snow, the pilot had to land the plane at an airport in another city.
18  The pilot was unable to maintain height.
19  The pilot did manage to get airborne.
20  The inexperienced pilot flew the plane badly; it was off the beam most of the time.
21  The official report into the accident says that it was caused by pilot error.
22  The pilot gave the order to bomb up.
23  The accident was caused by an error of judgement on the part of the pilot.
24  The plane had a breakdown in the air, but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.
25  The pilot averted a tragedy when he succeeded in preventing the plane from crashing.
26  The project is based on a successful pilot scheme in Glasgow.
27  The scheme will be extended throughout the country after a successful six-month pilot project.
28  The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot.
29  The pilot programme of vaccination proved successful.
30  I'm the captain, the pilot, and watchman; and sometimes I'm the freight and passengers.