Flew Sentence Examples

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  • The birds flew to their nests.

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  • Sparks soon flew again.

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  • The door flew open.

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  • The large, downy peaches would reach themselves into my hand, and as the joyous breezes flew about the trees the apples tumbled at my feet.

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  • Sand flew as they soared and leapt through the desert.

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  • Shadows chased her up the stairs and flew down the halls, coating the floors and walls in shallow, black fog.

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  • She flew directly to Boston on Friday and I met her at Logan Airport at six.

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  • We tracked three hundred that flew into Miami or Orlando.

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  • A charge of fire tore through her, and Deidre's eyes flew open.

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  • She held her breath, staring at the configuration as she flew through the atmosphere.

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  • The door flew open before she could knock to reveal a stern woman in a monk's brown robes.

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  • Daniela cried, and flew past her toward the rocks.

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  • Her hands flew over the keypads as she checked the networks for signs of tampering.

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  • One cannon ball, another, and a third flew over him, falling in front, beside, and behind him.

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  • A yellow ball of hissing fur flew past her.

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  • Traci's gaze flew to her.

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  • Her eyes flew up in shock that he knew about her plan to get Gabriel back.

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  • He flew out of here like a rock off a kid's sling shot.

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  • Bet you're glad you flew out there.

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  • The specialist he flew in from Zurich arrives tonight.

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  • Fear flew through her as she recalled the disjointed dreams.

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  • He flew into an abusive rage when he saw it.

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  • He was hardly halfway across the stony field when one of the horse's shoes flew off.

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  • With lively curiosity everyone tried to get a glimpse of the projectiles as they flew over their heads.

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  • All their rushing and galloping at one another did little harm, the harm of disablement and death was caused by the balls and bullets that flew over the fields on which these men were floundering about.

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  • Christ flew upward with his mother, and in their ascent a spark of light fell on the waters as Sophia.

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  • It seems doubtful whether he ever again flew his flag at sea, and the date of his death is supposed to be 1671.

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  • At this point, having rejected both the Newtonian mechanism of bodily substances and the Leibnitzian automatism of monadic substances, he flew to the Spinozistic unity of substance; except that, according to him, the one substance, God, is not extended at all, and is not merely thinking, but is a thinking, willing and acting spirit.

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  • If they flew like ordinary flies their resemblance to Hymenoptera would be obscured by the rapidity of their flight and they might be caught on the wing by insectivorous birds or other insects; but when poised they display their coloration.

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  • The Rear Admiral's flag flew in the destroyer "Warwick."

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  • In the disputes in March 1919, between the railwaymen and the Government, he was the chief leader of the men, and at a moment of crisis he flew across to Paris to discuss the question with Mr. Lloyd George, then in attendance at the Peace Conference.

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  • The news flew over Germany and beyond it that he had been slain by papal emissaries.

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  • This form of attack, and the flights of arrows discharged by the English (which flew with the wind), produced confusion in the crowded benches of the French vessels, which in most cases must have been little more than open boats.

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  • In common with the other Mascarene islands, it was the home of the dodo (Didus ineptus); there were also A phanapteryx, a species of rail, and a shortwinged heron (Ardea megacephala), which probably seldom flew.

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  • The state flew to arms. The legislature called for Federal intervention (May 1874), and Federal troops maintained neutrality while investigations were conducted by a committee sent out by Congress.

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  • This episode is known as the " Bear Flag War," inasmuch as there was short-lived talk of making California an independent state, and a flag with a bear as an emblem (California is still popularly known as the Bear Flag State)flew for a few days at Sonoma.

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  • The thoughts of the converted soldier flew back to the military virtue of obedience.

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  • She blocked, her gasp audible as the Original Being's energy flew through her.

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  • He flew in a specialist, she responded, pulling the blanket over her head to shield her further from the sunlight.

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  • Before Damian could react, a charge of electricity flew through him, carrying with it an invasive liquid that paralyzed him.

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  • She turned the wooden latch and threw the door open, ducking as a chicken flew over her head.

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  • The Fairlie Parish Church has a plaque commemorating the pilot Alan Boyle, who flew the first British monoplane in 1909.

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  • As Clive lay on the ground, to his surprise, the lesser spotted wood lark flew down and settled on his boots.

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  • She called the place in her books ' lark Rise ' because of the sky larks that flew over the fields.

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  • When Pandora opened the box all the misfortunes that have since afflicted mankind flew out.

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  • The only other scarce migrant seen was a Hen Harrier that flew north over Weston in the afternoon.

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  • Three times ' planes flew overhead, but always at a very great height, and they did not molest the ship.

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  • As the pair escaped, they almost flew into the frog ogres.

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  • Whimbrel flew past in small flocks and a few American oystercatchers were seen, as well as many Kelp Gulls.

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  • At least a dozen remain on the sea, along with 2 imm m Eiders, and an Egyptian Goose flew past.

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  • The male peafowl soon flew down from its roost and was joined by a female which it occasionally displayed to.

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  • They flew many flights to Malta and Cyprus carrying troops and RAF personnel detached for the assault on the Canal Zone.

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  • A hen pheasant flew off some ten feet in front of me.

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  • The Fisheries patrol boat was in the area and their spotter plane flew overhead.

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  • Regions Caesar never knew thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.

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  • A Long-legged Buzzard flew over, and then two distant raptors glided across the valley.

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  • I was then more or less out of time so retraced my steps back to Dalaman and flew home.

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  • Livingston took the lead after 33 minutes when Fraser McLaren let loose with a 30 yard screamer which flew under David Marshall.

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  • We started the second half well and after 10 minutes Craig Trimble hit a snap shot which flew into the top corner.

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  • Also a great northern diver and 2 arctic skua flew east.

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  • The comics performing in the west End smash One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest are staging a free performance next week.

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  • Following its arrival, the squadron flew armed reconnaissance sorties in support of British troops in the French colony.

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  • Al Deere I flew a spitfire for the first time in March 1939.

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  • In the course of his work Mr Henshaw from Newmarket flew more spitfires than any other pilot.

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  • It flew straight and true right into the basket and landed splat on the head of Alice Trying.

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  • Then he leaped into the air and flew toward the landing strip.

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  • Flew 800-1,000 m.p.h. at 1-2,000 ' altitude, leaving a faint swath.

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  • The Sparrow Hawk flew dispassionately to nearby cover, grasping its tiny victim in powerful talons.

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  • During the air battles leading to the re-capture of Rangoon, RAF thunderbolts flew fighter escort missions with RAF Liberator bombers.

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  • Titan's atmosphere contains an abundance of methane, which was detected many years ago by spacecraft that flew past the planet.

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  • She sat unconcerned, watching the gerbils, I got out and she flew off, landing about thirty feet away.

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  • Wendy's early morning wanderings were enlivened by a swallow which flew in & panicked.

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  • Tom's Hydra took off, and then there was a big whoosh and something flew off, trailing smoke.

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  • Another morning a tiny wren actually came in to my room and flew about for some time before finding its way back to freedom.

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  • He had by this time rendered himself somewhat unpopular, and in the evening the Transvaal flag, which flew over the landdrost's house, was pulled down.

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  • Later in the same year, on the 28th of November, a similar aerodrome flew about three-quarters of a mile, attaining a speed of 30 m.

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  • Emphasizing the many real analogies between physical and mental agency, but underrating the much stronger evidences that all the mental operations of men and animals require a nervous system, he flew to the paradox that soul is not limited to men and animals, but extends to plants, to the earth and other planets, to the sun, to the world itself, of which, according to him, God P y is the world-soul.

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  • During the whole time the British flag flew defiantly on the roof of the residency.

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  • The Gargoyles roughly pushed them into the opening, where there was a platform, and then flew away and left them.

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  • The main point, however, was that they flew, and flew swiftly, if a bit unevenly, toward the rock for which they had headed.

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  • The next moment two bees flew eagerly in.

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  • The woodman stirred the fire until the flames leaped high and the sparks flew out of the roof hole.

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  • Seeing her mother she jumped up and flew to her.

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  • Mitenka flew headlong down the six steps and ran away into the shrubbery.

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  • What sportsmen! and as if scorning to say more to the frightened and shamefaced count, he lashed the heaving flanks of his sweating chestnut gelding with all the anger the count had aroused and flew off after the hounds.

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  • But the wolf jumped up more quickly than anyone could have expected and, gnashing her teeth, flew at the yellowish borzoi, which, with a piercing yelp, fell with its head on the ground, bleeding from a gash in its side.

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  • This also lead to the discovery of a Fan-tailed Warbler flitting around the rushy areas, which eventually flew past giving views to all.

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  • It had n't been too slow a progression from cold to enraptured and the show really flew along.

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  • The comics performing in the West End smash One Flew Over The Cuckoo 's Nest are staging a free performance next week.

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  • Al Deere I flew a Spitfire for the first time in March 1939.

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  • In the course of his work Mr Henshaw from Newmarket flew more Spitfires than any other pilot.

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  • Turning back to his foe the mage unleashed a volley of three magic missiles then ducked as splinters of bone flew through the air.

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  • At the stroke of midnight on the the year 2000, an RAF Phantom II jet fighter flew again over the fields of Lincolnshire.

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  • Apart from my own house hills I flew over New Year in Monaco where I could test it in thermic conditions.

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  • During the air battles leading to the re-capture of Rangoon, RAF Thunderbolts flew fighter escort missions with RAF Liberator bombers.

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  • Titan 's atmosphere contains an abundance of methane, which was detected many years ago by spacecraft that flew past the planet.

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  • As we stood outside the hotel a Bat Falcon flew past and we saw all three toucan species very well.

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  • They were also able to deploy a remotely operated vehicle under the ice, and flew aerial photography transects using the ship 's helicopters.

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  • It showed an undulatory movement as it flew across the sky, like the flight of a bat.

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  • Wendy 's early morning wanderings were enlivened by a swallow which flew in & panicked.

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  • Tom 's Hydra took off, and then there was a big whoosh and something flew off, trailing smoke.

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  • Dancers, musicians and even a Chinese Lion flew in to wow the guests.

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  • Even though the units flew off shelves, Sony received a barrage of complaints of units shipping with defects.

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  • He flew out of Detroit a few hours before Andrea and I left.

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  • Sparks flew between the two singers and they soon became a couple.

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  • By 2007, she had changed her name to Katy Perry, and in 2008, her single I Kissed a Girl flew to the top of the charts.

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  • I flew out to Los Angeles, California to film it, and was the only plastic surgeon outside the L.A. area whom they used for the program.

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  • During a bouncy performance of Deja Vu in Toronto, Canada, the singer's top flew open and exposed what everyone thought were her bare breasts.

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  • Kanye was in London when he received the heartbreaking news and immediately flew to Los Angeles to be with his family, friends and loved ones.

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  • Faith Hill and Tim McGraw - Sparks flew for this sweet southern couple when Hill was the opening act for McGraw on the "Spontaneous Combustion" tour in 1996.

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  • It seems talk turned into action as Brit, dad Jamie, Mel and his wife Robin flew south via private jet to the Latin American country of Costa Rica.

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  • A few days before Jamie Lynn had her daughter, sometimes estranged big sis Britney flew from Los Angeles to her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana to give her little sis moral support.

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  • Britney flying in to welcome her new niece isn't unusual, but the fact that the private plane loving songstress flew commercial is.

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  • Attempting to find an outlet for his feelings, he flew down to the Caribbean and emoted his heartbreak via song.

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  • Only nine months ago, TLC flew Jon and Kate, their twins, and their sextuplets, to Hawaii so that the couple could renew their wedding vows.

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  • Rumors flew about Kate having an affair with her bodyguard (still not sure why she needs one of those) and Jon giving the old "…she was just a friend" excuse when pics were snapped of him with a young lass in his car.

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  • After the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in early 2010, Travolta flew one of his planes, a 707, to the region, carrying supplies, medics and Scientology healers.

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  • He flew the members of the Association to his house to see the film and also fed them lunch.

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  • Kids Star Wars shirts, hats and shoes flew off store shelves when they first came out and their appeal has not diminished over the years.

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  • The shape was just right and the anti-glare factor made them an immediate winner among the guys who flew (it didn't hurt that military pilots got them for free).

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  • They flew off the shelves about as fast as the company could produce them.

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  • An exploding planet was projected onto a massive screen, the shuttles flew through a detailed debris field, and the final landing in Alaska was accompanied by scenes of the futuristic frozen tundra.

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  • In the first 24 hours that the game was available to the public, $170 million worth of Halo 3 flew off the shelves.

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  • While the mainstream might have had all of its attention focused on systems like the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), the SNK-made Neo Geo flew largely under the radar.

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  • This little gem of a game is well known among N64 aficianados, but flew largely under the radar for most players.

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  • Bowlus, who was an airplane designer, and had created the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane that Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic.

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  • In a study conducted in February of 2008 by these scientists, a plane that was 2.8 inches long and 2 inches wide flew as a prototype.

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  • The nurse went in, casually began the examination, and then flew out of the room screaming for a doctor.

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  • Adored by millions of fans, her movies and music albums flew off store shelves.

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  • A few of Fröbe's other films include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965).

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  • The other instructor ignored Taylor's refusal and flew south, but as the instructor grew closer to the Keys, Taylor's transmissions weakened.

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  • His exercise shoes with wooden soles flew off the shelves!

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  • Traditional folklore will tell you that Cinderella wore a glass slipper the night of her magical ball and Wonder Woman flew in a glass airplane when she was out and about saving the world.

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  • They flew me to New York for filming and it was snowing.

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  • Midir, using his magic, disguised the two of them as swans and flew away with Etain.

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  • He took off from Saint-Cloud and flew by the steel tower in his dirigible.

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  • It wasn't long before someone flew by the tower in a "Wright" plane, made of canvas and wood.

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  • The Count of Lambert successfully flew around the Eiffel Tower in 1909.

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  • The rate at which it flew off the shelves was phenomenal.

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  • She auditioned for the Disney group in Texas, and they immediately flew her out to their Los Angeles headquarters to try her out in a few shows.

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  • Instantly intrigued, he flew Bieber to his Atlanta base and hooked him up with R&B star Usher.

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  • He flew Bieber to Atlanta and gave him a chance to perform in front of Usher.

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  • This attracted the attention of a former marketing executive who immediately flew the future star to Atlanta, Georgia to audition for Usher.

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  • Cars and people flew as Mothra stretched her wings.

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  • Demand pushed sales to new records as books flew off the shelves the first weekend following its release.

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  • We were out at sea off the coast of San Diego, and they flew us out on a cot and we had to get caught on the catch wire, and a catapult shot to take off.

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  • Finally, the majorettes originally wore boots with tassels that flew as they marched.

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  • He flew in from Santa Barbara, California on a red-eye.

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  • All such concerns flew away likes ducks going south when he returned to the room.

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  • We spent the next hour quizzing Howie to try and determine the location he "visited" with Martha taking copious notes while the questions flew.

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  • He left me his car when he flew out to him mom's place.

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  • Martha flew out there for the express purpose of attending the funeral.

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  • Within seconds, his head flew across the room.

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  • There was a thump as the car smacked a body, and her eyes flew open.

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  • Jenn's gaze flew up to the strange vamp, and she followed his gaze.

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  • It flew across the parlor, and the plate exploded.

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  • Rourk snatched it before it flew away.

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  • His door flew open to reveal a huge, furry monster with fangs.

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  • Her body bucked, and her eyes flew open.

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  • Darian crouched beside his brother, studying him while emotions flew across his features.

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  • She flew down the stairs and through the teeming hallways.

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  • Her eyes dropped to what was left of the other three then flew up to the wall.

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  • Her gaze flew to him.

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  • His head flew off in one direction while his body dropped.

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  • At the touch of the first fang, her eyes flew open.

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  • She felt two tiny bites on her arm, and suddenly electricity flew through her.

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  • Grateful to him, she was likewise anxious to leave the island before the beast returned and flew off the handle.

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  • She heard the beastly snarl and caught the blurred mass of darkness, punctuated only by two flashes of silver, as Rhyn flew by her.

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  • Fear fluttered through her, and her gaze flew to Kris, whom she trusted little more than his sadistic brother.

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  • He flew to the forest and shape shifted into a jaguar as he dropped to the ground, taking off through the forest.

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  • He flew to his brother.s side, snatched Jade, and snapped his neck.

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  • Her eyes flew open, and she stared at the men battling.

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  • Kiera's eyes flew up.

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  • She stood and paced, and emotions flew across her face.

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  • Her eyes flew open and she braced herself against the side.

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  • His sword flew over her head and his grip fell away too fast for her to catch her balance.

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  • She'd just sat down again when the inner door exploded into rocks that flew across the room.

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  • A'Ran's fingers flew over the command panel as he thought of how wise his forefathers had turned out to be.

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  • He flew back East to Virginia yesterday.

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  • He practically flew down the stairs, but didn't make it out the door before Sarah asked where he was going.

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  • They barely reached the porch when the door flew open and Sam burst through, arms open wide screeching.

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  • Katie's hand flew to her mouth and her eyes grew large.

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  • The next three days flew by without incident - probably because they were all too busy to start any mischief.

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  • Lana shoved herself back, ignoring the pain in her wrist as adrenaline flew threw her.

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  • Dan ran ahead of them, Elise behind, and they flew down a deer path to a creek, then darted across rocks to the other bank.

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  • The flight steadied out, and they flew for an hour over the Appalachian landscape.

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  • They flew over the Peak, and she straightened to see the devastation in the moonlight.

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  • They flew south, and she strained against the harness to see if her own condo was still standing.

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  • His body bucked, and his eyes flew open.

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  • She flew through the options on the command panel.

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  • The helo flew west, towards the border with Idaho.

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  • Lana held her head in her hands as they flew, exhausted.

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  • The helo flew over Tim's ranch and mansion, perched on a lake.

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  • Rhyn's body felt wooden, and his heart flew.  He opened the door to the antechamber and stopped, surprised at who sat within.

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  • Demons flew towards him.

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  • He flew through the air, drawing the attention of nearby demons in midflight.  He saw them shift directions and dart towards him just before he dipped beneath the jungle canopy again.

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  • She pulled, and he ran.  Katie felt the ground shake beneath them as the demons pursued.  Several flew overhead and dropped directly in their path.  She stopped and shoved Toby behind her, drawing the knife Gabe had given her.  Before long, they were surrounded.

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  • When some of the Philadelphia big-wigs flew down, everyone would sweat and jump.

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  • Pain flew threw him, scrambling his thoughts.

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  • Darian's gaze flew up to her face.

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  • The moment their lips met, lightning flew through her, setting every nerve afire with awareness unlike anything she'd felt before.

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  • Desire flew through her, hot and fast like the strange energy running between them.

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  • Pain flew threw her.

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  • Her eyes flew up to meet his.

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  • Yully flew down the hall ahead of him, and he ran to catch up with her, not convinced she hadn't lost it.

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  • Trees flew overhead and the sparkling clouds drifted down from the sky.

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  • Her eyes flew up to the guard as she sought to orient herself once again.

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  • Each shot made him doubt more what he did, until his hands shook as the last arrow flew.

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  • A black flash of magic flew from him to Sirian, and the silver-haired man smashed into the back wall.

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  • The evening flew by and finally they came to the last dance, a waltz.

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  • The funeral wasn't until Tuesday, so it would be Wednesday before they flew back home.

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  • Time flew by, and all too soon they were in her drive, preparing to part.

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  • Hot fire flew threw her.

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  • Her eyes flew up to the form in the doorway.

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  • Her eyes flew open.

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  • Fear flew through her.

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  • Jessi's eyes flew open.

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  • Her gaze flew up to his, interest flaring in her eyes a moment before she shook her head.

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  • Jonny gripped her arm, and she barely closed her eyes before his familiar fire flew through her.

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  • Jessi's thoughts flew to the night she spent with him.

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  • A seraph with wings extended flew towards him from the horizon and inundated him with pleasure unutterable.

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  • At the latters death in 1830 Ferdinand now flew to arms, and the Austrian garrisons, except in the Quadrilateral (Verona, Peschiera, Mantua and Legnano) were expelled.

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  • These flew away, leaving their cup at the water's edge, and singing "If that glass either break or fall, Farewell to the luck of Eden Hall."

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  • Italy, Piero de' Medici, encouraged by the league, enlisted a number of mercenaries and marched on Florence, but the citizens, fired by Savonarola's enthusiasm, flew to arms and prepared for an energetic resistance; owing to Piero's incapacity and the exhaustion of his funds the expedition came to nothing.

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  • A new treaty was made, and the British flag flew over the capital, while the French party were given a proportion of chiefships and assigned the province of Buddu.

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  • But Sture's widow, Dame Christina Gyllenstjerna, still held out stoutly at Stockholm, and the peasantry of central Sweden, stimulated by her patriotism, flew to arms, defeated the Danish invaders at Balundsas (March 19th), and were only with the utmost difficulty finally defeated at the bloody battle of Upsala (Good Friday, April 6th).

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  • These models flew in a haphazard sort of a way, it being found exceedingly difficult to confer on them the necessary degree of stability fore and aft and laterally.

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  • It elevated itself from the ground with ease, and flew in a horizontal direction for a distance of 24 ft., and at a velocity of 20 m.

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  • He flew his smallest models in the great lecture room of the National Museum, and his larger ones on the Potomac river about 40 m.

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  • On the 27th of October 1906 he flew a distance of nearly half a mile at Issy-lesMolineaux, and on the 13th of January 1908 he made a circular flight of one kilometre, thereby winning the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize of X2000.

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  • A feature of the year 1909 was the success obtained with monoplanes having only a single supporting surface, and it was on a machine of this type that the Frenchman Bleriot on July 25th flew across the English.

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  • On April 27th-28th, 1910, Paulhan successfully flew from London to Manchester, with only one stop, within 24 hours, for the Daily Mail's £ io,000 prize.

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  • He was the idol of the people, and flew in songs through their mouths."

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  • When the flew parliament assembled, Lord Hrtington, the eldest son of the duke of Devonshire, was put forward to propose a direct vote of want of confidence in the administration.

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  • Disturbances again broke out in 1845, the native mukatajis refusing to obey the kaimakams. The Maronites flew to arms, but with the assistance of the Turks their opponents carried the day.

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  • When he stole Suttung's mead (which answers somewhat to nectar and the Indian soma), he flew away in the shape of an eagle.'

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  • Betsy's customary frugality flew out the window like a November robin with the last ticket south.

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  • Her eyes flew up to him at the words Fate had spoken to her.

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  • Normally, it was as far as they got before Sasha flew off the handle, had him tortured, and threw him back into his cell.

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  • Uncertain whether or not the battle still waged between demons and Immortals, she braced herself to be attacked as she flew past every doorway towards the back stairwell.

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  • Rhyn scampered down the tree and fell far enough to knock his breath out.  Demons flew overhead, unable to see through the canopy.  He froze, watching them circle then leave, and stood, catching his breath.  Fear penetrated him, colder than the rain.  Katie was vulnerable.  Gabe was vulnerable.

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  • As her body flew over it, she saw the snake's fangs sink into Ed's upper leg – and then she was tumbling down the hill, grabbing at anything available and hoping it wasn't a snake.

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  • When this ebony bird flew in it was beguiling my sad fancy into smiling by the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore.

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  • Before we left the road two Rosy Starlings flew into one of the larger acacias along the river bank.

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  • A Russian airliner flew to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday, carrying 11 oil experts.

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  • In the first year, The Sun flew a model airplane over the compound dropping leaflets exposing the double dealing of Nick Bateman.

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  • Count von Zeppelin, a retired German army officer, flew his first airship in 1900.

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  • It was 13 minutes before Cardiff mounted a serious attack but Jason Koumas ' corner flew across goal without anyone getting the final touch.

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  • I flew back to Britain in September and choreographed a new ballet for Ballet Central, to original music composed by Phillip Feeney.

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  • She then regained her senses and flew at Williams like a screaming banshee.

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  • Red-headed barbets showed very briefly, and another flew past but rapidly disappeared.

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  • But his sliced half-volley flew straight at Mr A Rodda who, after regaining his equilibrium, immediately brandished his red card.

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  • From the restaurant we saw also a brimstone which flew across.

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  • A COMMA flew by, then we had our first brimstone of the day.

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  • It was along here that we spotted the buzzard, plus peewits calling as they flew above us.

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  • Archive for May 7th, 2005 7th May 2005, Saturday honey buzzard - Hastings A honey buzzard flew over Hastings at about 10.30am.

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  • You'd say things like, " Wow, that workweek really flew bye.

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  • Many flew from aircraft carriers located near the front.

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  • As it flew away from me it showed white undertail coverts and belly.

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  • Another good bird was a lone crossbill that flew north over the Grove later in the day.

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  • Over the next few months the RAF detachment flew shuttle flights into Dilli, East Timor with a round trip taking 3½ hours.

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  • A Gray Wagtail flew up the river and from a roadside ditch we flushed a Little Crake.

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  • Mr Kharazi flew to Baghdad despite the United Nations air embargo on flights to Iraq.

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  • Like iron filings around a magnet, they flew to Daniel.

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  • I got out of the car and walked toward the damp area; about 15 white-winged snow finches flew away.

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  • They flew night at 500ft until the enemy coast, after which they averaged just 100ft to avoid flak and fighter patrols.

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  • For the first time in our lives we saw great big four engined bombers and they looked formidable as they flew toward us.

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  • The attack launched on a narrow frontage, followed an intense aerial bombardment by over 1000 bombers, many of which flew from England.

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  • The first airborne event was a timed entrance gate at Puffin Island which they flew at 1000 feet.

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  • His rasping half volley flew narrowly past the post with the keeper standing.

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  • Attacked by some particularly fierce bees, he defended himself by throwing a hatchet which flew up to the Moon.

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  • Goals flew in against Notts County with a Paul Walsh hat trick to see the hatters win 5-3.

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  • A beautiful hummingbird hawk moth appeared and swiftly visited each bloom and then flew out of sight.

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  • As the large jackdaw sized bird flew toward the pond I could make out its appearance as a Green Woodpecker.

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  • A pair of Eurasian jays flew over the forest.

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  • These were nearly accompanied by lahars of ketchup when the lid flew off the ketchup dispenser next.

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  • After a short layover, we then flew on back to Cairns, Australia.

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  • Two juvenile peregrines flew along a cliff high above us while the local flora included Ramonda, Pyramidal Orchid and Pyrenean Saxifrage.

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  • But the noise and clatter seemed as dreadful to them as Jim's heels, for all who were able swiftly turned and flew away to a great distance.

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  • They advanced in a great swarm, having been joined by many more of their kind, and they flew straight over Jim's head to where the others were standing.

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  • So the horse gave a groan, flopped its four wings all together, and flew away from the platform.

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  • At one time he painted the picture of some fruit which was so real that the birds flew down and pecked at it.

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  • When he hung this painting outside of his door, some birds flew down and tried to carry the cherries away.

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  • One day as he was walking among the trees the birds saw him and flew down to greet him.

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  • One day spent with the blind children made me feel thoroughly at home in my new environment, and I looked eagerly from one pleasant experience to another as the days flew swiftly by.

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  • I wonder if she remembers how eagerly and gladly they spread their wings and flew away.

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  • One night in the beginning of winter, before the pond froze over, about nine o'clock, I was startled by the loud honking of a goose, and, stepping to the door, heard the sound of their wings like a tempest in the woods as they flew low over my house.

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  • The gun rang out with a deafening metallic roar, and a whistling grenade flew above the heads of our troops below the hill and fell far short of the enemy, a little smoke showing the spot where it burst.

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  • On the high ground where the enemy was, the smoke of a cannon rose, and a ball flew whistling over the heads of the hussar squadron.

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  • A second and a third cannon ball flew past.

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  • Evidently they were firing at the hussars, but the balls with rapid rhythmic whistle flew over the heads of the horsemen and fell somewhere beyond them.

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  • Cadet Mironov ducked every time a ball flew past.

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  • Noiselessly, skillfully stepping with his little feet in low shoes, Iogel flew first across the hall with Natasha, who, though shy, went on carefully executing her steps.

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  • He glided silently on one foot half across the room, and seeming not to notice the chairs was dashing straight at them, when suddenly, clinking his spurs and spreading out his legs, he stopped short on his heels, stood so a second, stamped on the spot clanking his spurs, whirled rapidly round, and, striking his left heel against his right, flew round again in a circle.

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  • Faster still the two troykas flew side by side, and faster moved the feet of the galloping side horses.

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  • Will you believe it, Theodore Ivanych, those animals flew forty miles?

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  • On the Arbat Square the troyka caught against a carriage; something cracked, shouts were heard, and the troyka flew along the Arbat Street.

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  • Whatever question arose, a swarm of these drones, without having finished their buzzing on a previous theme, flew over to the new one and by their hum drowned and obscured the voices of those who were disputing honestly.

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  • But before the words were well out of his mouth, his cap flew off and a fierce blow jerked his head to one side.

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  • He did not notice the sound of the bullets whistling from every side, or the projectiles that flew over him, did not see the enemy on the other side of the river, and for a long time did not notice the killed and wounded, though many fell near him.

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  • From in front and especially from the right, in the unlifting smoke the guns boomed, and out of the mysterious domain of smoke that overlay the whole space in front, quick hissing cannon balls and slow whistling shells flew unceasingly.

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  • At times, as if to allow them a respite, a quarter of an hour passed during which the cannon balls and shells all flew overhead, but sometimes several men were torn from the regiment in a minute and the slain were continually being dragged away and the wounded carried off.

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  • The horses were eating oats from their movable troughs and sparrows flew down and pecked the grains that fell.

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  • Some crows, scenting blood, flew among the birch trees cawing impatiently.

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  • The cannon balls flew just as swiftly and cruelly from both sides, crushing human bodies, and that terrible work which was not done by the will of a man but at the will of Him who governs men and worlds continued.

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  • Formerly only bees laden with honey flew into the hive, and they flew out empty; now they fly out laden.

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  • The caleche flew over the ground as fast as the horses could draw it, but for a long time Count Rostopchin still heard the insane despairing screams growing fainter in the distance, while his eyes saw nothing but the astonished, frightened, bloodstained face of "the traitor" in the fur-lined coat.

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  • During the hour Pierre watched them they all came flowing from the different streets with one and the same desire to get on quickly; they all jostled one another, began to grow angry and to fight, white teeth gleamed, brows frowned, ever the same words of abuse flew from side to side, and all the faces bore the same swaggeringly resolute and coldly cruel expression that had struck Pierre that morning on the corporal's face when the drums were beating.

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  • There was running to and fro and whispering; another troyka flew furiously up, and then all eyes were turned on an approaching sleigh in which the figures of the Emperor and Volkonski could already be descried.

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  • He reportedly immediately left the set and flew to Montreal to be by his wife's side.

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  • Sony actually flew her to the U.S. for a round of meetings, but in the end, she returned to the UK without a contract.

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  • I flew back early, i cud not believe dat my parents were dead dis was 3 weeks ago.

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  • Her eyes flew to his once more.

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