overhead
Example Sentences
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In the narrow streets of Mochi gate, customers hold their paper kites overhead to stop them getting ripped as they squeeze through the crowd and past the occasional slow moving motorbike.
From BBC
Substations, which control the flow of electricity, and overhead power lines that "form the backbone of Ukraine's power grid" were targeted, Shmyhal said.
From BBC
These operate like conventional motorways but use overhead gantry signs and variable speed limits to regulate traffic flow.
From BBC
There was dead silence until—boom!—a huge thunderbolt clattered overhead and the whole kit and caboodle made a beeline out of there.
From Literature
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Tiamat wheeled overhead, sending occasional messages of concern.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.