wings
Example Sentences
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The odd-looking craft essentially aimed to test whether they could fly with no wings, instead generating lift from the body of the plane.
From Los Angeles Times
Sarah R. burst out with the kind of auntie laugh that could probably be heard way back in the wings of the stage.
From Literature
My butterflies, their wings sodden, flap clumsily about.
From Literature
Even if Nine had been selling the mushrooms with the promise that they’d make toads sprout wings, it wouldn’t matter; for soon, Clare would be gone, Nine’s little mushroom business along with him.
From Literature
“It just cannot be done. In order to understand bird flight, we have to understand aerodynamics; only then do the structure of feathers and the different shapes of birds’ wings make sense.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
