kite

Example Sentences

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For hours on a crisp, blue-sky day, kite flyers mingled with sign-wavers, sharing space on the National Mall as they pursued their dueling missions.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

Usman, one of the kite sellers, tells me he's sold more than 7000 kites in just a few days.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

"It's special for Lahori's - this runs in our blood. It's not about kite and thread, it's about tradition. My father and his father before him used to do it."

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

The two leaders will attend a traditional kite festival and visit the Sabarmati Ashram, the spiritual retreat where Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence struggle, lived for many years.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

The kite hadn’t flown—he’d been six years old, and really it wasn’t anything more than a picture of a dragon taped to some Popsicle sticks.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker