pinions
Example Sentences
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Those presidents by and large left the architectural pinions of the institution intact.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2019
“I began to feel an invincible distaste for the same; & a longing to plume my pinions for a flight,” he explained.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019
Creating life from pinions and pivots and tiny screws may be the easy part.
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2016
Part of the original Longtail’s magic was in its extreme downforce, the phenomenon in which air pressure pinions the car to the tarmac, allowing for greater stability at high speeds.
From The Verge • Dec. 1, 2015
Wart sat down again on the floor, and Archimedes resumed his toilet, pulling his pinions and tail feathers through his beak to smooth the barbs together.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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