aery

Example Sentences

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And I will purge thy mortal grossness so,That thou shalt like an aery spirit go.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

Once, during the Spanish civil war, an anticlerical mob tried to destroy the building, but for all its look of aery fantasy, they could not budge a stone or dislodge a single ornament.

From Time Magazine Archive

An aery," repeated Father Jervis—"an air-fleet, I mean.

From Dawn of All by Benson, Robert Hugh

Here it comes flying through this aery round.

From The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge by Anonymous

Fame, if not double-faced, is double-mouthed, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds: On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various