Flyover is an English word with synonyms like flypast or overpass. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Flyover meaning
- A low-level flight, especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; a flypast (British).
- A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption.
- A high-level overpass built above main overpass lanes.
Using Flyover
- The main meaning on this page is: A low-level flight, especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; a flypast (British). | A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption. | A high-level overpass built above main overpass lanes.
- Useful related words include: flypast, overpass, bridge, span.
- In the example corpus, flyover often appears in combinations such as: the flyover, flyover and, flyover to.
Context around Flyover
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flyover
- In this selection, "flyover" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, guard, mill, dhaula, part and turn stand out and add context to how "flyover" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include observe the flyover from the and see the flyover. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flyover" sits close to words such as additives, alfie and appreciating, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flyover
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Delhi news highlights: Chirag Dilli flyover to open tomorrow after comple. (11 words)
Need to extend the airport flyover to ensure smooth flow of traffic. (12 words)
Delhi: At least 29 injured, including 25 school kids, in massive pileup on Salimgarh flyover;. (15 words)
Under the Road Widening and Development from ECB Square to Mirpur and Construction of Flyover on Kalshi Circle Project, the 2335 meter long flyover has been built and a 3.70 km stretch of road from the ECB square to Kalshi has been widened. (44 words)
Mrs Mary Afan, the Permanent Secretary of Government House, also thanked the governor for his infrastructure development, particularly the British American interchange (flyover) and 1.7km dual carriageway to the Lamingo Junction roundabout. (33 words)
He was traversing the southbound lane of N. Bacalso Avenue around 1:40 a.m. Yahuo was about to take the Mambaling Flyover but instead, he crashed into the structure’s barrier. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Under the Road Widening and Development from ECB Square to Mirpur and Construction of Flyover on Kalshi Circle Project, the 2335 meter long flyover has been built and a 3.70 km stretch of road from the ECB square to Kalshi has been widened.
Maryland National Guard Flyover 4 5.8.20The Maryland National Guard holds a flyover to honor frontline and essential workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Residents should observe the flyover from the safety of their home and not travel to see the flyover.
Residents should observe the flyover from the safety of their home-quarantine and should refrain from traveling to see the flyover.
There was heavy waterlogging under Tilak Bridge, Modi Mill Flyover, Dhaula Kuan flyover and near Welcome Metro station.
A CTA "L" train passes under the new flyover, part of the modernization project, between Belmont Avenue and Addison Street in late 2021.
Alan Dodd, Graham Dodd and Victoria Dodd travelled to London from Southampton to experience the flyover.
Delhi: At least 29 injured, including 25 school kids, in massive pileup on Salimgarh flyover;.
Delhi news highlights: Chirag Dilli flyover to open tomorrow after comple.
Due to urgent repair works to a manhole, the nearside eastbound lane of the Clydeside Expressway will be shut from the Finnieston off-ramp to the Finnieston on-ramp (Finnieston Flyover).
Efforts to beautify the pillars of Gandhipuram flyover turn futile, as fresh posters of a political party cropped up on them recently.
Glyn y Marl ward Councillor Susan Shotter said the flyover work ‘had to be done’ in drier months, and was unavoidable.
He was traversing the southbound lane of N. Bacalso Avenue around 1:40 a.m. Yahuo was about to take the Mambaling Flyover but instead, he crashed into the structure’s barrier.
In other news, six persons were killed and 21 others injured after two private buses collided on a flyover around 2:30 am today in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district, reported.
It was on one of the bridge supports of the Bridge flyover near Silverdale Island.
Mbah also expressed his desire to build a flyover at Ekeobinagu to ease the gridlock at the Ekeobinagu Roundabout.
MoDOT says the tri-level bridges were built in 1964 and that the “flyover” bridges were built in 1991.
Mr. Reddy said, “This protest is to demand the completion of the Ejipura to Kendriya Sadan flyover soon.
Mrs Mary Afan, the Permanent Secretary of Government House, also thanked the governor for his infrastructure development, particularly the British American interchange (flyover) and 1.7km dual carriageway to the Lamingo Junction roundabout.
Need to extend the airport flyover to ensure smooth flow of traffic.
Common combinations with flyover
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the flyover 50×
- flyover and 10×
- flyover to 8×
- flyover in 8×
- flyover is 8×
- flyover country 6×
- flyover on 5×
- flyover at 5×
- flyover of 5×
- flyover by 5×