as a crow flies
Example Sentences
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As the chase ends, Sutter gets in one last piece of religious symbology as a crow flies, and a meal of bread and wine appear on the side of the road.
From Time • Dec. 10, 2014
Wingenund had made little or no effort to conceal his tracks; he had gone northwest, straight as a crow flies, toward the Indian encampment.
From The Spirit of the Border by Grey, Zane
Some emigrant—terrification seize him!—has found another park an’ squatted, t’ain’t more’n eight miles as a crow flies from mine, nuther, Le-loo.”
From The Black Wolf Pack by Beard, Daniel Carter
The start was perfect, and the machine swooped toward the distant tower straight as a crow flies and almost as fast.
From Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers by Doubleday, Russell
Jonathan traveled toward the east straight as a crow flies.
From The Last Trail by Grey, Zane