wing

Example Sentences

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Across town, entrances to the Iranian Hospital were barred, including the emergency wing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Rogers was played from the right wing for England during the match as Tuchel experimented with his attackers.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

He has been held in a wing of the presidential palace in Niamey with his wife since the junta led by general Abdourahamane Tiani seized power in the west African country on July 26, 2023.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

We see them appear out of the dark at speed to make the delicate manoeuvre to feed their fuel-hungry jets - locking on to a hose trailing from the tanker wing.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

I spent a long time trying to make the wings as light and feathery as a bird’s wing.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko