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
"All our generations here are very excited; the elders know how to fly a kite, but we Gen-Zers don't know."
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
Nets have been placed over certain streets; in previous years metal kite strings have fallen on to electricity wires giving an electric shock to anyone holding them - and causing the wires to short circuit.
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
An empty trash can chained to a parking meter banged and rolled from side to side, and its lid, also chained, flipped and flapped in the wind like a kite on a short string.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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Vocabulary lists containing kite
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 3
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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