in the air
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.36 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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In the surrounding ambience.
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In the generally prevailing feeling, idea, atmosphere, or mood.
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Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled; up in the air.
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Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank.
Example Sentences
- "As soon as we entered we could feel the excitement and tension in the air."
- "You may not know La Baule. Think of it as Bognor Regis. Now, you may have spent half your life there, but I do not believe you ever heard Beethoven playing in the air."
- "Polo was nothing if golf were in the air!"
- "But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash."
- "I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord."
- "MAHER: Well, whatever. I just said we shouldn't have two national anthems. We're one country. It's not a good idea. We've seen what happens in other countries where you have, you know- when you separate things out. That's never where America was. That's never where liberalism was. It was about being a colorblind society. So, a new national anthem? Fine. I'll go for that. But not two. Because that leads down a road we don't wanna go. Applause. KIMMEL: Do you feel like... MAHER: Thank you. KIMMEL: Hey there's a lot of fear in the air and generally, you don't want to be caught applauding something that might be controversial. MAHER: I couldn't give a fuck. KIMMEL: I wasn't talking about you."