He looked over to the wings, saw Eugenia still bent with grief. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m off in the wings, dressed in black, trying to disappear. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

My heart has a pair of wings, too—one wing fluttering with excitement because maybe we’ll soon be free! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She thought they might once have had faces, might even once have been dogs; but no dogs had wings like bats or could hang, like spiders, like bats, upside down. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She closed her wings to her body and pulled her tail feathers together one upon the other. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The dove tested its wings with a couple of flaps, then soared away in a blinding flurry of white. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It stretched its wings as he looked down at it, and bared its minuscule fangs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Or whether he is right side up. Are those wings or claws?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The U-2's huge wings generated so much lift that the plane resisted landing; pilots had to stall the engines just above the runway in the final moments before touchdown. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, it gives a mighty leap into the air—and blade-like wings extend from either side of it, unfurling in a magnificent display. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was a captain that men would follow, that he would follow, even under the shadow of the black wings. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Very good. Madam,” said the Wart, quite fearless with resentment He flipped his wings and was sitting on the extreme end of the screen perch, next to Cully's enclosure of string netting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The robes were further decorated with small silver buttons with silver wings. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their broad, short wings were designed to speed them in and around trees and branches. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Frightful spreads her tapered wings and catches a rising thermal of spiralling air. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood, her chair scraping like Moss’s had, and she moved into the wings, collapsing into a man’s arms. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She and her crew got stuck one day in a Pe-2 whose engine failed on takeoff, and the pilot had to crash-land the plane with live bombs attached beneath the wings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

With a great backwatering of wings, Frightful broke her fall, and at the same time seized the sparrow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laila watched its wings catch glints of sunlight as it buzzed from one blade of grass to another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The toll collector had a couple of knickknacks littered across the surface: a unicorn with its wings outstretched and a tiny clay bear. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He turned, folded his wings, and then replaced the foil carefully on the ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He let his fingers drift across the reams and let his mind drift to the rustly sounds of paper wings flying across the face of the mountain and disappearing from sight. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

One boy held onto the bird, wrapping his arms around the bird’s wings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The legs pushed out between my fingers, I gathered them up, together with the thrashing wings, and tucked the bird in one piece under my chin. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to close his wings to squeeze through the opening at the top. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Four of them clung to her hair, opening and closing their wings in long, luxurious strokes, while the rest of them crawled delicately along her arms. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wish I had wings so I could hide my head like Jay does when he's sleeping. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

While white albatrosses escorted Endurance through the ice on their magnificent, motionless wings, Leonard Hussey, the meteorologist, serenaded the passing wildlife with his banjo. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She gives signals with her legs, her wings, and her tail. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shook the raven off, and it flapped its wings and flew to the window, where it sat watching as Mormont drew a roll of paper from his belt and handed it to Jon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then, blinded by snow or cloud or fog, or with your wings heavy with ice, you can fly steadily into a mountainside and crash. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I think my heart grew a pair of big, fluffy white wings at the mere sight of it, and nothing was going to shoot it down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And her joy would become a restless thing, flapping its wings inside her, as though looking for an opening to fly away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She held the tablet closer, scanning it over the pages, mouth-filled wings occupying the screen. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Raymie closed her eyes and saw a gigantic seabird fly by: its wings were massive—huge and dark. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The moth’s wings rose and fell, but he wasn’t looking at the moth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A few guards fly up into the air on pale green wings, blades drawn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A dozen or more enormous snow-white birds, each the size of a rowboat, with long, straight wings that trailed on the water behind them: very long wings, at least two yards in length. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A butterfly expanding and drying its wings before flight. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I saw a dragonfly with a large crimson body and transparent wings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bright gold and had little fluttering silver wings. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when we are little we imagine how it would be to have wings, but there is no reason to suppose it is the same feeling birds have. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll draw a banana, a perfectly lovely banana, and they’ll say, “It’s a yellow airplane!” or “It’s a duck without wings!” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Chester Academy is one of those schools that go from kindergarten all the way up to twelfth grade, but the different levels are broken into three wings of the building. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Now they were bearing down on the squad, and the dactyl Magdalys had picked was flapping its wings like it might be about to take off. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Its red wings beat so fast that it looks like a flame dancing around her stern face. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I did, or at least I tried to; but I nearly fell on my back because of the weight of the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My wings still twinge in the mornings, you know.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The only sounds were the bubbling swamp and the rustle of paper wings. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was struggling, unable to fly, its body and wings coated with grime. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s still got feathers but they look more like fur and the wings ain’t good for much except stunning things they’re about to eat. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My stomach felt as if a hundred frantic butterflies were flapping their wings inside me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A long covered breezeway paralleled the main structure and connected the two wings. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no, it’s a storm petrel with its wide black wings, soft gray underbelly. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

On barred, sharp, strong wings he flew, pursuing his pursuers. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Clarence was flying ahead of us, his wings shining in the light. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Both girls look at him as if he has sprouted wings. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

As we wait in our double line, the door opens and two more women come in, both in the red dresses and white wings of the Handmaids. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t have wings. They weren’t beings of fire. Like the seraphim, though, there were six of them, three male, three female. No army, no servants. They needed none,” said Eril-Fane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The wings were wide and white, and they swooped back into sharp rays. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The magnetism of the center spread over him smoothly like rainwater down his neck and shoulders; the vacant cool sensation glided over the pain like feather-down wings. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It joined a group of bees, whose wings beat together like a million heartbeats. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Nergal beat all four of his wings to change direction. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The paper birds, as if by some signal, lifted in one great flutter of wings and roosted next to the girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The first butterfly lady wears white gloves as she puts the injured one in a box, saying, “At least its wings aren’t torn.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’d make my own wings that wouldn’t fail. Do you think I could?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In this murmur that filled the grave, like a thousand wings beating on the air, he recognized a sound that he had always heard. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

To them, that come after us, it may be as ordinary to buy a pair of wings to fly into remotest Regions; as now a pair of Boots to ride a Journey. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The owl broke into laughter again: “Oh, hahahaheeheeheehohoho. It is the easiest bet I ever made! It’ll be like taking the wings off a dead butterfly.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The giant crow cawed once and flapped its enormous wings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Archer made the sign for the book, flapping his open palms like wings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Behind them, the goose was beating his wings powerfully, throwing snow over the tracks they’d made; and near him, fire lost daemons were clustering or drifting away, crying little bleak cries of loss and longing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Others skittered off Drogon’s scales, lodged between them, or tore through the membrane of his wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Booth continued rushing through the wings of the stage and down the passageway leading to the back door that opened to the alley. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia hanging with her other friends trembles at the tips of my wings before twisting away into the wind. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But he had left Prospero’s blue floral cape behind in the stage wings. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sadie/Penny, and Marigold are clucking, their tiny wings fluttering as they step lively in the coop. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She spreads her arms as if they were wings. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Across the tent, Rhaegal unfolded green wings to flap and flutter a half foot before thumping to the carpet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Around the collar but underneath the butterfly wings, I tied a black tie, using an ordinary tie-knot. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given our wings, our blinkers, it’s hard to look up, hard to get the full view, of the sky, of anything. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flapping of enormous wings echoed across the black water: The dragon had drunk its fill and risen into the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Moments later shadows moved like spatter paint along the walls, catching the light when they passed the window so I could see the outline of wings. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet through it his father’s ba had magically emerged last night and fluttered on silent wings to the Street of the Crooked Dog to help his son. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Other than the wings, the fairy looked like a slender woman not quite two inches tall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It flapped its wings vigorously and hopped up and down on a withered bough. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra leaped up, and Pantalaimon became a seagull at once, eager to stretch his wings in the open. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a wide arch leading to a courtyard between the two wings, and on the left under the arch there was a large doorway reached by a few broad steps. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She reminded him of a young bird flapping her wings, unable to gain the lift needed to take off. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Place her on your white pillow, where her red-and-black wings will stand out. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Swallows passed on silent wings, in and out of the doorways, bringing food to their young ones. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Corinthians and Lena busied themselves picking them up, wiping the snow from the cloth on their coats, all the while peeping at the man in blue wings on the hospital roof. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They held their wings above their beads for a moment, then folded them with a quick and pretty neatness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turn from the birdbath and smile and holler, “Hi, Aibee. I love you, Aibee,” and I feel a tickly feeling, soft like the flap a butterfly wings, watching her play out there. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Killdeer, dragging false broken wings, ran screeching ahead of him on the shaved ground. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, with a flutter of wings that threw up a little fountain of sand in front of him, the first bird landed a few yards away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On noiseless wings Morpheus flew through the darkness and stood by Alcyone’s bed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But even a thrush has wings!” cried the kestrel, speaking for the first time in his sharp-beaked alarm. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I holler, my arms flapping up and down like wings. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wearily Chester crossed his wings into the position for playing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mechanical golden insect whirred to life above them, opening its stained-glass wings and hovering so they were lit as if standing under a Tiffany lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His wings glimmered in shades of blue, black, and purple. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It made her heart flutter like butterfly wings. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They had dry, brittle wings like corn- husks, and tufts of white hair like corn silk. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The glebe was littered with mangled fuselages and blackened wings. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

To Bush, the sequestering of knowledge and policy authority had one special virtue: it clipped Lawrence’s wings. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They nip at my fingertips and press against my body, wings sliding across the back of my neck, feet tearing at my hair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The sheriff was staring at a picture of three cherubim—just heads, curly-haired, limpid-eyed, with wings about the size of pigeons’ wings growing out of where their necks would be. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the rear of the frame was another set of wings, also about four feet long and a foot apart; but these rose vertically rather than horizontally. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghiscari hair was dense and wiry; it had long been the fashion for the men of the Slaver Cities to tease it into horns and spikes and wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Persian beak, the long wings in which the first primary was the longest, and the mighty talons: all were the same, but, as Mandeville observed, the whole eight times bigger than a lion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my headlong rush I disturbed sleeping birds and their shrill cries and slapping wings hit at my face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great swathes of incandescence trembled and parted like angels’ wings beating; cascades of luminescent glory tumbled down invisible crags to lie in swirling pools or hang like vast waterfalls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Beating his wet wings, he was carried, rolling and tumbling, low over the marshland. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

From above came the sudden sound of wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As it folded its great wings, Harry looked up and saw it had a long, sharp golden beak and a beady black eye. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And the Tourmaline Brotherhood pressed on her a crown wrought in the shape of a three-headed dragon,- the coils were yellow gold, the wings silver, the heads carved from jade, ivory, and onyx. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What I see as I look down aren’t angels but butterflies, the arm swings connecting to the leg swings like a pair of wings, our heads poking out in between! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes. And if I could grow wings, I could fly. Only people can’t grow wings,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As one, the buzzing cloud seemed to constrict and condense, tighten into a knot of noise, a swarm of wings. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Taisin saw the creature’s bright orange and emerald wings flutter as she twisted in midair to look down, and Taisin reeled at the sight below her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Go,” Perry said, lowering his fist with a quick downward movement that forced Blue Bill to spread his wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Meggie slid down from the top bunk and shut the window so quickly that she almost caught one of the shimmering wings in it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was nothing special as Sparra habitations went: a straw palliasse, some butterfly wings stuck to the wall by way of decoration. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The raven spread its wings, leapt into the air, and flapped noisily across the room to land on the table beside him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And a big white bird—a peace dove—spreads its wings from end to end. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She turned round and round on the log, looked up in the tree for a perch, lifted her wings to fly, and then stood still and listened. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Cow’s Guts a person could have green wings and purple horns: no one would be the least surprised. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Moths hover, batting their wings at the streetlights; the moon is almost full. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She was a girl, or she looked like one, except she had little wings growing from her shoulder blades. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the other side was a different angel, with wings upraised. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel had feathers, she had wings, she had beautiful borrowed feet. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The bats were so stiff that Luxa and Henry had to lift them off the roaches and help straighten out their wings. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ravens began to scream noisily and fly at the bars, beating at the metal with night-black wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then he spread his wings, flapped hard, and took off—but after flying four feet he stopped with a snap and crashed to the ground again, shedding a flurry of black feathers and squawking loudly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And all these birds rose in the air, alarmed and confused by this new anger, beating their black wings, flying just above, waiting for the noise to stop. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she bent to kiss the dæmons, and they became birds and flew up with her as she spread her wings and rose swiftly into the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Theo nodded so vigorously the little lory raised her wings and scuttled sideways down his arm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That was me holding tight to the close-up print of my burnt wings, trying to figure it out. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They cackled and flapped, the sun shining blue on their glossy wings, beaks sharp as hay hooks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Its lovely wings flapped, and the gentle waves of air it created caressed Nathan’s eyelids. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Last year, Vonetta practiced her curtsying more than she practiced her wings and time steps for the Tip Top Tap recital. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they were four weeks old, they were almost full-grown and testing their wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She could no longer hear the buzzing of cruel insect wings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Later on, Rose fell in love with a white horse with silver wings. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I want you to have wings, Axel...I want you to soar.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The bird flapped its wings, leapt into the air, and flew away, disappearing around the side of the building. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her hair was thick, curly, the color of a blackbird’s wings. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When the goose next to the boy spread her wings and leaped, he did so automatically. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wings were bigger now, he could tell. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the sweeping sound made by the Po-2s’ canvas wings as they dived low over the German troops in the dark. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

How wings worked, how the propellor pulled the plane through the sky. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young falcon was climbing the cliff, beating her wings, taking hold of rock cracks with the hook of her beak and her talons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“He was an ancient philosopher,” Nick teased, “who believed that men’s souls were round like apples, the color of pearls, and had little white wings.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

These items are power-ups—temporary bursts of super speed, wings to help you fly for short periods, shields of defense that can stop an enemy attack, and so on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Using her magnifying glass, she peered at their wings and discovered a series of scales overlapping in regular patterns, “like the feathers of multicolored chickens.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Still, when August removed the lids, the bees poured out in thick black ropes, breaking into strands, a flurry of tiny wings moving around our faces. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the wings I heard and watched the pavane of tragedy move steadily toward its climax. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his wings down and felt himself drop. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A busy flutter of wings announced the mother sparrow’s arrival. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The wings next to their own wings would shade into vacancy, until each bird was a lonely sound in cold annihilation, a presence after uncreation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen roosters chase hens, catch up, climb on top of them, and dig sharp beaks into the hen’s head as she cackled and screeched and he flapped his wings. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“That sounds like our dragon in Romania, the zmeu, except for the paper wings.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Frank ends up giving us extra wings, and he stuffs the white paper bag with JoJos. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Celia shakes her head and her brown curls deepen in hue to a near black, as glossy and ebony as the wings of her raven. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The paper birds quieted their wings and waited. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Father straightened the front and rear rudders and the wings again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Backward she sprang as the huge shape crashed to ruin, vast wings outspread, crumpled on the earth; and with its fall the shadow passed away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My arms, in the thin morning light, looked almost nothing like wings. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

With a last effort, she pumped her wings and flew straight ahead and came down on a palo santo tree on Es- pariola Island. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Men in gray robes rode upon wheeled ladders, seeming to float through the air, scrolls flapping behind them like wings as they rolled from shelf to shelf. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They were dragonlike creatures with wings, whose look turned men to stone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodds tried to get up, but she didn’t have room to flap her bat wings, so she kept falling down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful jumped onto her wings, left the food, and flew to the top of the ancient hemlock. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Each machine has an eye painted in gold on the side, flanked by two small golden wings. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had thought for an instant that the miracle was going to be repeated with her daughter, because she had been bothered by a sudden flapping of wings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His eyelashes tremble like the wings of tiny insects. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

All three women knew that if too much heavy ice formed on the wings, the plane would become impossible to control. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The song swelled up from his wings and filled the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Javi dancing like a grounded bird, wings flapping at the air around him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were wasplike, thorax and abdomen joined in narrow waists, wings like blades, and stingers longer than a child’s arm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His wings always worked, just like his eyes always worked and his paws always worked, and he was always able to walk or crawl or peel the skin off ripe guja fruits and climb trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If he flew too high the sun might melt the glue and the wings drop off. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fins all had different jobs, like the wings of an airplane. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But everything about it was the same—the sail-like wings, the long neck—it was one of the birds, no doubt about it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Both his wings work, though,” I tell her. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

John Henry pounded his fist on the ground, sending tremors through the whole forest, and I flinched as hundreds of butterflies took flight in a flurry of silent wings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

This one was four stories tall, many-windowed, and had several wings radiating out from a central hub. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Like feeling the buffet of the first shadow fingers of cool air touch your wings, as the storm cloud you’ve been trying to outrun begins to catch up with you. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It hops around and flaps its decaying wings and I wake up, my heart beating fast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each one was an angel with feathered wings. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He kicked with his wings, and the ground sank again, like water in a leaking well. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘YOU!' Nike glared at Leo, her eyes hotter and brighter than her metal wings. ‘You dare?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Frightful flashed her wings and flew over the trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In a second that kick of his wings had lost its effect, and the ground was welling up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the sky above Weep, the angel folded its wings, and the moonlight and starlight that for fifteen years had been held at bay came flooding in, seeming sun-bright after such long absence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The bird peered down at him with those beady black eyes, ruffling its wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“And my wings are* beginning to ache/’ said Fledge. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell that one of his wings was broken. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There was that electricity again, except this time the hornets had bilious wings because they swarmed, with texture and speed, from my heart down to my groin. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She hung upside down, bating with her wings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vulture soared up and away with a single beat of its wings. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They chased her to the end of the pier, and without breaking her stride the woman bounded up a set of crates and took a flying leap over the water, arms outspread like wings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry your wings fell off,” he said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A three-piece band in the wings of the tiny stage was beginning to thump through “You Are My Lucky Star.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ringed upward and upward, wings spread, not flapping, just tipping now and then to keep them going up. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

If I bad wings I could fly back to Winterfell and see for myself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On a rock above them, the eagle flapped its wings and split the air with a scream of fury. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

High above Sam they opened their wings and flew in tandem down the mountain over the river, up into the clouds and back to Sam. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Three of the fairies had elaborate butterfly wings with the appearance of stained glass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I pictured the snow falling over it, two crests of snow rising on the tops of its wings. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The gulls glided back around, all together, all yawing their wings to the drafts that brought them low to the water. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

From beneath her, amplified by the stone arch, came the hiss of the breeze disturbing the sedge, and a sudden beating of wings against water which subsided abruptly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her wide oval face is cast downward like she’s gazing lovingly over a child, and her wings rise from her back like freedom. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I stroke the butterfly's wings with the tip of a finger. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His wings were back, his tail feathers were back, and his neck was pulled around as if he was trying to turn but couldn’t. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She warbled and fluttered her wings, then flew back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wonder if faerie wings grow back; I know that butterflies that lose a wing never fly again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The villagers pushed through both wings, even your grandparents’ rooms, to find your aunt’s, which was also mine until the men returned. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the tiny thing just as it lifted its wings and tried to land on my hand. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So I thought of them as rather like birds, with wings, flying upward. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Father! You’re a genius! I trust your handiwork—” The first metal feather shook loose from his wings and fluttered away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was a squeal and a beating of wings. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bronze dragon spread his wings, and they soared into the unknown. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Their wings were long and graceful instruments of speed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The queer rasping call of the blackbird rose from the grass, and now and then they caught the flash of scarlet on the glossy black wings. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Their scheduled victim was in the wings somewhere. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Cardan has stopped beside a boy with long copper hair and a pair of small moth wings—a boy who isn’t bowing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of sleeves, the white eyelet blouse had frills at the shoulder, floppy as the wings of a new angel. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I had my arms stuck out like the wings of a plane, and the long curved leaves sliced me up but I didn’t feel the stinging. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to peek over my shoulder, where Cal is stationed at a desk in the wings. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The other engineer was Virginia native Clarence Douglas, who would operate one of the two side-directed waist guns, behind the wings. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’d made my way close enough to where DJ Ren is still standing up behind his mountain of instruments, spinning a fast-tempo beat, the gold wings of his headphones reflecting the neon strobe lights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A gray bird circled, glided downward on outspread wings, then flew rapidly across the fields and disappeared from sight. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But there he was, just a hand’s breadth from her fingers, his gray eyes wide, his arms swinging as if he could turn them into wings. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now he got to his feet and walked forward more carefully, startling an owl which rose on silent wings. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Near the bottom tips of the wings, there were two round . . . eyes, I guess. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He has no muscle tone in his wings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had simply grown black wings and proceeded to flap about the room. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The black wings cracked like thunder, and suddenly the scarlet sands were falling away beneath her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my bruised throat, recalling the rustling of many wings and the low roar of the Atlantic. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Welcome!” shrieked a large Hyacinth Macaw who was perched on a branch with outstretched wings. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She kept her wings folded as long as Bo was still in the narrow alley. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the eyas lifted her wings and attacked. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the woods, I could hear the rustling of wings. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I picked him up by his wings, blew him off, and dropped him in the “dead” pouch. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When Scott acted out the part of Mike, using the chicken wings on his plate, George laughed so hard she almost choked. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘You asked how do I know that the son of Denethor is dead. Tidings of death have many wings. Night oft brings news to near kindred, ’tis said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

From time to time a raven would fly overhead, big black wings slapping against the cold air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, he probably finds suddenly that it has become an excellent day, the weather remarkably bracing, the time appropriate for a bit of exercise of the old wings, a brisk turn upwind. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poor things—they broke their necks against my wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fought my way to the front of the crowd, straining against hands that felt like wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Something big and powerful spread its wings inside me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, it seemed as if they both had wings. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Then they would zing upward and fly ponderously on clacking wings for a few feet and disappear in the grass again. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When Harry relieved this owl of its burden, it ruffled its feathers importantly, stretched its wings, and took off through the window into the night. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Being a bird’s probably hard work too. Flapping your wings all day, you know?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He would get the fire going and the plane would see the smoke and circles, circle once, then again, and waggle its wings. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fairy with short blue hair and silver wings stood before Kendra. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The tent was dark, its silken walls flapping like wings when the wind gusted outside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And then the hen flapped her wings, moving away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sumac spread his wings and flew over to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was like they were lots of friendly butterflies, and we were smeared with something, and they kept coming and coming, and their wings were winking beautifully, and more and more came. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had about a gazillion cockroaches, big, strong things with shiny wings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The city lay below, cut by the avenue of light—moonlight now—that slipped between the great seraph’s wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

‘Then come, and let your brother go with us, and some other of your folk who is most swift! For we have need of speed greater than any wind, outmatching the wings of the Nazgûl.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As he soared up out of a dive with wide wings white against the gray, something blade hurtled at him and struck. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The outside of the van is black, but it has a firebird painted on the hood, with wings that turn to flames as they wrap around the sides. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And the gander opened his strong wings and beat the air with them to show his power. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he flaps his wings as if he nearly remembers flight, as he did in the first jubilant terror of his release. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bronze angels stepped in front of us and folded their wings like shields. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Blue as cornflowers, or dragonfly wings, or a spring—not summer—sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The geese furiously flapped and pecked and wrapped their wings around the robot faces, clinging to the RECOs like feathery masks, distracting them, blinding them. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his upturned face A book alighted, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully slid the straps over his wings, smoothing his feathers down when she snapped the chest strap. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

If he could think his father’s ba sometimes fluttered out of the tomb by night on its little bird wings and came to see if all was well with him... The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

At Tyrion's approach they took to the air, squawking and flapping their black wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was the one place where sunlight fell on the city, down through the gap where the seraph’s wings came together in front and didn’t quite meet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A loud drumming like the beating of many wings against the wooden floor filled the air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s time for wings,” Coach Noles says, stepping to the table and patting a carton. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we’re given slides to look at: butterfly wings, cross- sections of worms, planaria stained with pink and purple dyes so you can see the different parts. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hung above the ledge for a moment, became confused, and stalled herself out by moving her wings and changing the wind flow. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A large bird started into the air as if it had been thrown, then stopped, spread its wings, and glided in a great arc to the west. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other mutant flies had forked bristles; sable-colored bodies; curved legs; bent, batlike wings; disjointed abdomens; deformed eyes—a Halloween’s parade of oddballs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I wander from room to room, climb up and down the stairs and feel like a songbird whose wings have been ripped off and who keeps hurling itself against the bars of its dark cage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I feel terrible watching the butterfly on the ground, flapping its wings and not going anywhere. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like magic, the butterfly flew into the air, fluttering its wings up and down. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His wings, which had stretched out slightly, relaxed and settled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spirit did not steal away on gospel wings. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And if my love could grow wings, I’d be soaring in flight. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then he began fastening on the wings, using a metal canister that looked like an enormous hot-glue gun. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

After him there came more birds, until the bowl could not be seen for the fluttering of wings about it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

In the end, however, forty-three blue-skinned fairies with dragonfly wings fluttered into the buses and settled on the backs of the gray-patterned seats. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was very peaceful and quiet: a chickadee sang his poignant little piece for them, and the inevitable whisky-jack arrived on soundless wings to pick up cooky crumbs from within a few feet. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, I only had puny softskin muscles now to power my wings, while he had the muscles of a dragons body. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Higher, he flew—higher—until the heat of the sun melted the wax holding those wings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt looked up into the blinding, blue sky and heard the leathery flap of wings as the bird turned in the air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her shoulder, pale Viserion flapped wings the color of cream, stirring the air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The moths were no bigger than the startled mouths of children, and even dozens together could only pluck at the strands of her darkening hair until their wings sagged, sodden with her blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The nobleman had wings of wiry red-black hair sprouting from his temples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

High above the Delhi Bridge, Frightful screamed and spiraled, her pointed wings cutting frantic patterns in the sky. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The bitterns boomed and the marsh harriers skimmed over the reeds and millions of widgeon and mallard and tufted ducks flew about m various wedges, looking like champagne bottles balanced on a nimbus of wings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade was engraved with a delicate silver tracery of a mountain sky; its pommel was a falcon's head, its cross-guard fashioned into the shape of wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On the left was a phoenix, its tail feathers curling toward its beak, wings extended: the sign of harmony. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The dress is much like mine in shape, long and concealing, but with a bib apron over it and without the white wings and the veil. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He should be about to eat those wings with you,” I tell her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And I said, “Just so long as it is not naked and with wings, one atom at a time.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They hovered above the house in circles, wheeling and crying, flapping their spread wings. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The wings of the paper swallow began to shiver. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“That big one — there — no, there — with bright blue wings — the feathers are all crumpled on one side.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

For half an hour he saw nothing, heard nothing but the faint ruffle of Margalo’s wings when she stirred in dream. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I want to help you find your brother,” it said, expanding its huge wings and then tucking them back into its sides. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then the great wings of the aerial assassin began to row the air, but reluctant and undecided. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alby looked like someone had just told him he could grow wings and fly. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Another scream shattered the silence, much louder than before, and she beat her dark wings so hard that Will and Lyra both felt the wind and staggered. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Near the brush fence two roosters bowed and feinted at each other with squared wings and neck feathers ruffed out. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hops to a new branch, momentarily opening its wings, showing off its white patches. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Behind the curtain of wings, Gregor could hear his voice beckoning. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She would sooner have returned to Meereen on dragon’s wings, to be sure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The velvety wings brushed past his cheek, and he caught his first sight of Regalia. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He found that by tilting his wings he could make the notes go higher or lower, just as he wanted. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terrified, Oksi beat her wings with all her strength and flew. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Birds flew suddenly from treetops, the slapping of their wings like gunshots. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He spread out his wings and stepped off the van. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

All he had to do was connect the wings, start the engine, and take off right out the back door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I heard Ultima’s command ring in the still night air, and a swirling of wings engulfed Tenorio. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the Book, they had once been equipped with wings of their own, but evolution had stripped them of this power. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The wings lifted and dipped in the blustering wind like a motorboat riding swells. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

One had a skirt like a cage carved of whalebone, another a long train made of hundreds of doves’ wings all stitched together. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The sheer terror of it all put wings on my feet! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She felt like a universal pet, and the second she voiced that thought to herself, Pantalaimon stretched his goldfinch wings and chirruped loudly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The hubbub of the B section faded and was replaced by new sounds: the rustling of wings; the clop of hooves on the floor; the chuffing of a tiger. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Its white wings cut a flashing V against the indigo sky as it moved due south across the tundra. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up and up and up he’d borne her, high above the pyramids and pits, his wings outstretched to catch the warm air rising from the city’s sunbaked bricks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Frightful’s wings cut circles in the wind that sped her southeast toward the ocean. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And in answer they came, every bird in the forest, whether they had been gliding in the hunt on silent wings or roosting asleep; they came fluttering upward in their thousands through the tumbling air. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had wings; her body was covered with feathers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press myself into the farthest corner of the wings, wanting to dissolve into the wall and forget that I ever opened my mouth tonight. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

DO NOT BE AFRAID, Pet replied, and then it turned to Hibiscus and the rest of its wings snapped out into fullness. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then one night, when I was wandering alone in the dark wings backstage, I turned a corner and found him sitting on the wooden crate that was a favorite haunt of mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Recently, she had begun spreading her wings, taking adult courses in real estate and international economics and business management, dreaming of a bigger-than-family-size life for herself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She pauses, looks sideways at me, 1 can sense the blur of white as her wings move. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went through it, page by page, studying all the pictures and running my fingers lightly over the caterpillars and the bright wings of the butterflies and the many patterns on them. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Small white wings sprouted from his pith helmet. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If the plane fell, I wouldn’t have been surprised if you grew wings.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Still I am beating my wings against the walls of my cage,” I said ruefully, “for Elsinore sometimes seems a prison to me.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Their wings were twice as tall is she was, and—she glanced back, frightened now, over her shoulder as she fled—they had powerful legs: no wonder they had moved so fast on the water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Will they grow wan and weak, with witheredflanks and shrunken wings? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And this, the white wings hanging in her house, wasn’t strange at all. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wings blotted out much of the sky. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Where did that come from? And what kind is it? I never saw one with wings like that before.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She instantly pulled deeply on her wings and sped back. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s gone, all gone! There’s only bits of half-finished food, old slates, butterfly wings, and this stupid old chair.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the stable roof, Ella roosted in a pile of old Roman scrolls, her head tucked under her wings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He slipped out of his flying harness, and his wings shot back up toward the ceiling. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The broad wings went through a final incensed salvo and then quit whipping Bernabe’s aching body, and somehow the hole in the neck, bubbling blood, released a last defiant scrawk. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of wings, like a giant deck of cards being shuffled, filled the air. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, the butterfly’s red wings start to pulse with light as they slowly open and close. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Some were very small—barely the size of her hand, tiny humanoid beings with butterfly-like wings in riotous shades of gold and orange. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t trust this weird god with the hoop and the wings and the basket of fruit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then she spread her wings and took off into the sunrise. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Screeching, her dragons uncoiled and spread their wings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Eeben Axelroot’s airplane with coronas of flame dancing around the wings as it touched down on a field of waving pink grass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t speak, just runs his fingers over the bruises on my neck with a touch as light as moth wings, plants a kiss between my eyes, and disappears. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Having sent Frightful on her way, the three males came after her, but Frightful’s tapered falcon wings were faster than their broad hawk wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And then maybe she would hide the skin there, deep in the hollow of a tree, for when she needed to spread enormous white wings. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She nipped his finger affectionately, then, with a soft swooshing noise, spread her enormous wings and soared out of the open window. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They have high white wings on their backs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then velocity—wings and engines—a smiling stewardess—but it was more than a plane, it was a real bird, a big sleek silver bird with feathers and talons and high screeching. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His maneuvers around limbs were jerky, and Frightful thrust out her wings to keep her balance. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I draw a dragon breaking free from its grave and finally seeing what its wings and fire are for. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

So he wanted to kill it: to crush the skull into the feathers and snap the bones of the wings. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They winged through the last gleams of starlight, re-forming into their siphon of whirling wings, and she opened her mouth and took them back in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“This afternoon, I shall eat one pound of chicken wings.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Already he was pointing at a butterfly, gleeful at the bright spotted orange of its wings in the dim forest light. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would perch on a stump, flap his black wings, and talk by the hour to anyone who would listen. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He flapped his wings to help himself over a bramble bush and was flying. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was running so fast his black cloak was streaming out behind him like the wings of a bird. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It pressed its beak tightly shut and rubbed its head with its wings, trying to force a memory. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He stretched his wings upward and bobbed his feathered head in bird delight. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Three lazy flaps of its great black wings, and it perched atop Longclaw's hilt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bongo bent forward, wings spread, in a sort of bow. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Blue as cornflowers, or dragonfly wings, or a spring—not summer—sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Just before sundown he spread his wings and soared out over the valley. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Holly hooked the wings over a low branch, unstrapping the helmet to give her ears some air. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

In his wake came another man, a tall, stooped figure with a dark cloak folded about him like drooping wings. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he’d torn off its wings with his fingertips and laughed when I started to cry. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The self-adhesive seals that bound the wings to our backs were already melting, and we were shedding bronze feathers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even Pantalaimon was active, changing to a crow so he could flap his wings and make the fire burn faster. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The fairies busily healed one another, mending wings and closing wounds. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It had six legs, two long antennae on its head, and what seemed to be a pair of wings folded on its back. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hippogriffs were tossing their fierce heads and flexing their powerful wings; they didn’t seem to like being tethered like this. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Several fairies crashed to the church floor, wings snarled in the goopy substance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The Wrights had solved the problem by controlling the shape of the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hands behind his head so, that his arms were bent and looked like wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he knocked he got the weirdest notion: that he was being buffeted by black wings, as if an enormous crow was flying through him, out into the hall and the world beyond. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She watched his head crane around at the end of that long serpentine neck, saw his black wings unfold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a leather aviator helmet with goggles and had a pair of feathered wings strapped to.his back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Harry was faster than Higgs — he could see the little round ball, wings fluttering, darting up ahead — he put on an extra spurt of speed — WHAM! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She tried not to think of what his life would have been like with this other family, rooting him to the ground, sheltering him in their wings. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Signora Grimani beamed at Victor as if he had just grown a pair of brilliantly white angel's wings. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

An extraordinary lightness seemed to spread through his whole body and the next second, in a rush of wings, they were flying upward through the pipe. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The largest of her three was shiny black, his scales slashed with streaks of vivid scarlet to match his wings and horns. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jon Wood picked her up and folded her wings to her body. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She lingered by a package of chicken wings, which, at twenty-nine cents a pound, held some interest for her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

An eagle, light behind its wings, is circling above. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Buckbeak slowed down and they found themselves at a stop, unless you counted the fact that they kept rising up and down several feet as the hippogriff beat his wings to remain airborne. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Its wide wings were the color of evening turning into nighttime. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There are even wings at the sides that welcome my head to rest into them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And I would do them on two tired legs, not on eagle’s wings. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was a bee in a stone honeycomb, and someone had tom off his wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Death is a beautiful woman, with wings and one breast almost bare; or is that Victory? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of wood ducks noticed us and took off, their wings flapping desperately. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The boys shuffle onstage, and I step deeper into the wings. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“When I was a child, I loved chasing aku. It was just play, though, because if you really wanted to catch them, you waited till evening, when they all lost their wings and fell down.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A gull poised himself high in the air, silent and alone, and then spread his wings wide and swooped beyond the lawns to the woods and the Happy Valley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If he had had wings when he was tossed overboard, he would not have sunk to the bottom of the sea. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The creature’s fingers worked faster than hummingbird wings, pinching and tossing each particle over its left shoulder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He stretched his wings—it was like a huge, irascible yawn—then settled again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

High John stepped out of the fold of Old Familiar’s wings, his footsteps sending little twisters of dust spinning down the ramp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His vast chest heaved up and down and his wings were folded onto his sides. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to spread my arms like wings and fly right off that porch and out over the treetops and up into the clouds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe he brought all the dread with him from the guard station and the brutal, bloody words of his friends, and maybe the moths brought some of it on their furred twilight wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

God, going north, and rising on the wings of power, had become white, and Allah, out of power, and on the dark side of Heaven, had become—for all practical purposes, anyway—black. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

She saw them perched on the box’s lip, fanning their shaggy, crumpled wings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The hippogriff gave one sweep of its mighty wings and they were soaring upward again, high as the top of the West Tower. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When he spread his wings, they were so large and dark that they blotted out the sunlight. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

North they flew, beyond the river, Drogon gliding on tom and tattered wings through clouds that whipped by like the banners of some ghostly army. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Its wings are crumpled at first, but the butterfly steadily pumps liquid from its body into its wings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As if it heard them, the eagle spread its wings and dropped from the pine tree. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The little wings could be tilted upward or downward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the whoosh of large wings. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Blackjack speeding along next to us, darting back and forth to avoid the pig’s wings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He lay down in front of the fire, folded his wings contentedly, and seemed ready for a good nap. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sound made by their wings came down distinctly, diminishing as they went away southward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she moved, her great wings glistened like velvet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Hummingbirds darted among the foliage, wings nearly invisible as they hovered. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She struck the mill-house roof with a crash, spread out her wings, and lay still. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Have a seat. You look like the zopilotes, those nasty good-for-nothing vultures, beat you up and plucked every feather off your pretty wings.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They have hairless wings, and they fly low and fast. They do not visit this world, but they fly the red skies above the road to Ghulheim.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Hums a low song about a bird with broken wings who learns to fly. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Soon the wind was in their faces and Fledge’s wings settled down to a steady beat. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The increasing rain pulls stray feathers from her wings and pins them to the mud below. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This one glided down into the com on its enormous, ragged black wings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I had pictured us taking off to the United States of America, angel wings on our shoulders. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Quiet as a shadow, she flitted across the middle bai-ley, around the Tower of Dread, and through the empty mews, where people said the spirits of dead falcons stirred the air with ghostly wings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Its wings spread strong and wide, it flew lazy loops above the prairie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She glances down to where my own belly lies flat under my red robe, and the wings cover her face. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, in the warmth, he fluffed his wings and chirped. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the maester's ravens joined the feast as well, flapping down from the rookery on wide black wings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At once he spread his leathery wings and bounded upward, and a moment later the rest of the troop followed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Once more she spread her wings and once more she got no lift. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The bird’s wings slowed as if it were flying through water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“By the wings,” she said in a breathless whisper. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Because inside the Khushal School, we flew on wings of knowledge. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was a rustling and whirling of wings above us, and all the men ducked and held their hands up to protect themselves from the attack. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nice at first—like crumpling paper or a fly’s endlessly buzzing wings—but after a while, I began to hear things in the noise. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Brightbill’s yellow fluff had recently changed over to a coat of silky brown feathers, and he spread his feathery wings into the breeze. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not by butterflies with wings as clear as little cats-eye glasses; not by the longest or shortest or greenest snake in the road. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Were they given the wings by the Dragon King?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her eagerness to reach her, she struck the box hard with her wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But when I took my normal seat, the kids in my little cluster looked at me like I’d sprouted wings. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When women shared an airfield with male pilots, they put bunches of flowers on the wings of their own planes to mark them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I want to tell him how the stewardess gave us wings to pin to our blouses and shirts and told Mama we were beautiful and well behaved. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pointed his arms behind him like the wings of a plane and made staccato sounds like a jet on a strafing run, shooting imaginary bullets at the pilots outdrinking his comrades. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each beat of their wings, we climbed higher between the canyon of skyscrapers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A flock of gulls swoops down to the breakers, wings outspread, crying. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A blue heron stood perched on an old bleached tire, and when she saw us she spread her wings and flew away, more pterodactyl than bird. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We came from the bottom of that river where the blood never stops flowing, where my mother’s dive toward life—her swim among all those bodies slaughtered in flight—gave her those wings of flames. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The crows cawed and wheeled and beat their shiny black wings against the wind-whipped clouds. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and my wings are — and that’s when I remember: MY. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The sound of flapping wings echoed from the elephant’s open mouth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A circle, a swoop and a hop with spread-out wings. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She pecked and kicked and beat her wings against the fish until he surrendered to the murky depths of the pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Holding his wings firmly outstretched, he spiraled high above the cliff. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Its tail is tipped by an arrow-shaped spike and it has bat-like wings. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running hard now, my feet pound the tar, the flap of seagull wings as loud as my breath in my ears. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its big bird wings circling and the roar of its engine getting softer. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

As Matthias battled to free his other paw he felt himself enveloped by two pairs of wings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I cover my face, then flap and twirl them together so they flutter like a butterfly's wings. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A wind struck him from the side; he flapped his wings to keep his balance and he, too, was flying. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had my savings and had never been much trouble, so they must have reasoned it was an opportunity for me to spread my wings and make something of myself. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her mother had often reminded her that pigeons were “rats with wings.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a panicked rustle of feathers and probably a lot of squawking, the bird flapped its wings and scuttled away. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He snorted, hunching his neck into ruffles and folding his wings behind him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Clicks and buzzes and hoots, the rustling of invisible wings and paws. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I walked away from him and carried the purchases back to Madam’s house, wings abuzz in my ears. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dipped into a cavern that was so low, the bats’ wings brushed both the ceiling and floor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fledge was now gliding with his great wings spread out motionless on each side, and his hoofs pawing for the ground. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A murder of ravens erupted from the hillside, screaming their sharp cries, black wings beating above a white world. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He begins putting chicken wings into another white bag. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She tries to laugh, but instead of laughter, she feels ticklish wings unfolding like a fan at the base of her throat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Stand between the wings of the mirror. You shall see the side view as well.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A dragonfly skims over the surface, his crystal wings reflecting the sunlight. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shot down the stern of the boat, and Blackjack spread his wings, lighdy coming to a landing on the lowest deck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was easy to Know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, new ideas and images flew from the wood-and-iron presses like birds: a river filled with gold, fish with wings, a lizard as big as an elephant. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Doxy’s wings are thick, curved and shiny, much like a beetle’s. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Atop his head rested a smooth metal helmet with metal wings on either side. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then Loki wrapped the falcon cloak tightly about himself and, in falcon form, flapped his wings and rose, faster even than an eagle, and was gone, flying north, toward the lands of the frost giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

His wings open as wide as the nest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He pulled up on his tail, down on his wings, and was climbing. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Root activated his wings—this would take some fancy flying. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

From high above, there was a fluttering of leathery wings, and the three Furies swooped down to perch on the back of their master’s throne. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Daedalus and his son froze, their metal wings glimmering on their backs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And one day, they burst out of the cocoon, carrying rainbows on their wings. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She gripped the feathers on his back, felt the beat of his powerful black wings, felt a dizzying upward surge, and shut her eyes tight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Raymie heard a rustle of something in the bushes, the hum of electricity from the streetlight, the buzz of insect wings. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And finally, what felt like a full couple of minutes later, the pteranodon’s torso and giant wings. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Here, above a pond, the dragonflies dart and the sun strikes fire from their wings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She spread wings that I hadn’t noticed before—huge bat wings she kept folded against her dragon back. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She lifted her chin and said with decision, “I’ll take the fox wings, please, good sir.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Clear of the last twigs, she trilled a soft tribute to wings and flight, and dove freestyle down the mountain to the river. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’ll flex for us kids, and the eagle looks like it’s flapping its wings. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A Communist had cut a wisp of black paper into a hero with sleeves like butterflies’ wings and with tassels and flags, which fluttered when you breathed on him. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the longing build in my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to buy them both wings from the wingsmiths so that they could fly away, with a stash of blood candy in a little treasure chest, so that they could live forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, he sprinted toward the pond, beat his wings, and flew away. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The claws at the end of her wings were like the bats back in Minnesota. There was a cave near my house. One got in my room once.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Its head moved jerkily around, and it lifted its wings and then dropped them again in a steady rhythm. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

His chilled wings beat the earth like a drummer’s stick. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The resulting long exposure caught a bow-shaped blur, like the ghostly wings of a butterfly, then the bright line of the collar stay as it found its bearing and grew still. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The eagle abruptly turns, heads westward, flaps its wings, rising higher; then it dives. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think the wings are working!” he said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Aurora came and wrapped her golden wings around her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two jays came flying straight through the wood, their wings whirring on the air. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The boy made a bow and retreated a couple of yards and was joined by four other children who had come up, unnoticed by me, and were waiting in what would have been the wings. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bats her eyelashes against my skin, feels like a moth’s wings. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon she held her wings straight out to glide and save energy. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It is launched vertically, attached to rockets, but it has wings and can glide back to a runway and land like an airplane. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only I had wings, he thought, I could fly to her. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He saw the fantastic gardens of the Big House, the statues of babies with wings, the orange trees festooned with lights. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blinded by dense snow and freezing fog, Zhenya wasn’t able to see where she was landing, and one of her wings hit the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Her future was a beautiful butterfly unfolding its delicate wings for first flight. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

From the sky, its black wings folded tightly against it, the parent gull, summoned by its young, dove at her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His books were spilled onto the floor, their pages creased beneath them like the broken wings of birds. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sky-blue wings splashed with yellow and white dots flapped slowly before the insect took off to flutter elsewhere. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The man had not gone shavepate, not quite, but at least those absurd wings of his were gone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When the adult butterfly is fully formed within the pupa, and the outside conditions are just right, the walls become transparent, revealing a glimpse of wings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Their vast wings seemed slow, but they flew fast, each downbeat driving them mightily through the air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she should have cut away essential feathers from his wings, but she couldn’t stand to think of him a captive. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She says there was a large drawing of a bat on the blackboard, with its wings outspread and just a tiny bump between its legs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Butterflies by the thousands fluttered maniacally before the headlights then exploded like tiny half-angels on the windshield leaving a scant yellow paint and the dust of broken wings as a final signature. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the batteries failed, or when it was too dangerous to let a light show, they’d have to feel their way in the dark to fix the heavy bombs in place beneath the Po-2s’ wings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The baby opened its mouth and vibrated its wings, as a hungry baby will do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole farmhouse looks like some kinda bird with the chimney as its head and neck and a shiny front and wooden wings stretching out behind, like a bird resting on the water or something. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But if he had had a fleet of makeup men waiting in the wings, an agent, a contract, a percentage of the profits—what then would he be? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mirror of the bright shield he could see them clearly, creatures with great wings and bodies covered with golden scales and hair a mass of twisting snakes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He making a crackling sound with his wings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“And then I suppose that three little pigs with wings flew down and gave you a toffee apple each?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When she pulls the door open, a moth flutters out, its white wings carrying it toward her face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then he sprang upward, beating his wings hard. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I saw them, they had wings spun from spider’s silk and clothes stitched from flower petals and leaves. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

His hand was still on Grace’s arm, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly sprout wings and fly out of the room. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I set my backpack down in the wings, kicked off my shoes, padded over and sat on the floor next to her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something wrapped itself about him, falling at the same speed he was falling, and then there was the loud flapping of leathery wings and everything slowed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Red-tailed hawks, barred owls, a ruffed grouse, an osprey with brown wings the color of Byrd’s eyes, and even a male wild turkey, fluffed and frozen in time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Its coils were gold, its wings silver, its three heads ivory, onyx, and jade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And they saw the Penguin come dancing by, waving his short wings and singing lustily. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Together the four of them walked over to Nike, who was still writhing and flapping her wings in the net like a golden chicken. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Eagles nested in the heights and came down to hunt the valleys, circling effortlessly on great blue-grey wings that seemed almost part of the sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Now that he had seen him once, he could picture the fish swimming in the water with his purple pectoral fins set wide as wings and the great erect tail slicing through the dark. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I could wear my angel wings that Adele had made, but of course they had been left behind. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Before I could try again, it unfolded its wings and pulled itself up into the air. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Eolian is where our long-sought player is waiting in the wings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her stiff gray hair caught the lamplight, glinting like stainless steel, and the blue hawk she had inherited from Lord Roke spread his wings briefly on the bracket by the door. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone called them Las Mariposas, the Butterflies, because they had put wings on all our hearts. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A blue water dragon twisted through waves that splashed across the page, all fins and no wings. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But the way they keened their beaks forward and menacingly opened their wings made them look as though they might. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I try to imagine the flowers’ petals are actually wings, but all I see are clusters of flowers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A warm wind brushed Dany’s cheeks, and above the beating of her heart she heard the sound of wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She perched on a chair at the back and ate fried chicken wings with her fingers, her eyes on the TV screen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The thought of being cut made him physically sick and the butterflies moved within him with the burning wings of nausea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half-seen shape flapped by overhead, pale leathery wings beating at the fog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I stitched the long dangling legs and the great wings. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth and Porkpie swerved madly to the left, while Blackjack tucked in his wings and plunged. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

By the way, you can guess what my mother was doing in the wings. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

No one spoke after that; they simply turned and jogged down the alley between two different wings of their school and out into the practice fields. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He quacks and honks and flaps his little wings, all while staring at Uncle Phil. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their wings created a small windstorm that rippled the surface of the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Matty heard a squawk, then a flurry of wings and rustling leaves and growls. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“There was nothing to tell,” Naheed went on, but she was beginning to see her story growing wings and feathers and flying away, too far for her ever to catch again. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

When they got to the target, they circled it twice in their small plane, heavy with the weight of the bombs hanging beneath its fabric wings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Bless my tail-feathers—listen to them!” shrieked the Starling, as he put his wings on his hips and roared with mirth. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The last had furry wings, and her body was coated with pale blue fuzz. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Great dark wings were spreading out from the alcove. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Even as he spoke, a beat of wings went skyward off to the right—a mountain eagle, grappling a white goose in his talons, heavy prey hooked from a farmyard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he disemboweled it, and took off its wings; and finally he threw all the pieces into the brush. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rear vertical rudders twisted to the left and the wings curled slightly, as if they were alive. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After eating breakfast and having another stretch, he tested his wings against each other, like a violinist making sure that his violin is in tune. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re in my hair, on my skin, crystalized wings fluttering all over me, trying to crawl across my eyes and into my ears and even up my nose. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

As the boy and the girl and the two dæmons watched her approach, Xaphania spread her wings wider and glided down to the sand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

More and more gathered on his back, and a moment later, a pair of huge golden wings unfurled and flapped gently. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She closed her wings to her body and flicked her tail in frustration. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The chicken looked up, ruffling her feathers and flapping her wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The long, frail wings trembled as she squeezed through, and then the joy of flight took over the creature, and it plunged into the wind. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But wings don’t wear them, and all they really are good for is keeping your ears from getting torn off, so second-row guys like Chas had to wear them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Davidson had bought Joey a little angel that was kind of chubby and had big wings and a halo made out of straw. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several travelers cast a curious eye toward us, and Sumac flapped his wings and squawked in warning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

As evening moved into night, they ate through me and hived up inside my brainpan with a loud buzz, their wings beating me into submission. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned over the owl and pushed its wings against its belly. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The sky brightened to a dull bronze glow as the last of the seasons geese rushed southward, flying so low I could hear the beat of their wings against the morning air. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you practice a lot, you can learn to make this roll smoothly, so that the nose moves evenly, and stops at exactly the same point it began, with the wings precisely level once again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Sarah smoothed one of her wings and cleared her throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Another draft of warm air swept up the escarpment, struck her open wings, and ringed her up again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her blue coat was spread out, and it covered them both like wide wings, covered even the chair my brother was sitting in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Fox wings, a flying carpet, falling forever into the stars. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But as time passed without significant changes in my life, I was becoming increasingly anxious waiting for Ethiopia to stretch forth her wings. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stately wings soar on either side, somehow both heavy and light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a hand-embroidered blue dress, her brown hair in a big pompadour, and had on a little blue hat with white bird wings—the same hat Aunt Loma tried to buy that time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness, the midwife checked Mama at the last minute and lowered my arms the way you fold in a captive bird’s wings so it doesn’t hurt itself trying to fly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had shrieked over Ivy’s dress, and Ivy had shrieked over hers—a pale pink thing that reminded Ivy of fairy wings—but that was really it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His standard showed a crow in flight, its black wings spread wide against a storm-green sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After getting the hang of it, I felt like the wings were part of my body. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He has small bat wings, a high-pitched screech of a laugh, and pointy little ears. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Swinging down the valley on long pointed wings was a large bird. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She covered the food with her wings, then looked around. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A great hawk came down with loud-beating wings and lighted on his wrist. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted herself into the air, fanned her wings, and flew to her tree stub. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Those wings just melted and he fell to his death. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I run back to the apartment like I’m skating on ice, like I’ve got the wings of a fighter plane, bursting through the door so quickly that Helena gives a little scream. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Inigo was about to say, but there was no need, because with a rush of wings he had expected and a high long shriek he had not, the first king bat swooped down at him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The birds flapped their wings at Jon's approach and screamed at him through the bars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She might as well have said, “Why don’t you borrow a pair of wings and fly to the moon?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They flitted around, their wings flapping against the wiry walls, cheeping their blue heads off. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Her swords were drawn, shimmering with poison, and with her bat wings extended, she took up the entire corridor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Another fell away, shaken loose by the beating of his wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Sarah folded her wings firmly and narrowed her eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He arranged his fine feet on her shoulders and then snapped his shiny wings out, launching himself into the air. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He reached out, and as Buckbeak’s wings fell, was able to tap sharply on the glass. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was flying as high as twenty feet now, and the sun, gleaming through the painted canvas, made the wings seem like living flesh. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had fiery red hair and iridescent dragonfly wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A shape, red with white wings around the face, a shape like mine, a nondescript woman in red carrying a basket, comes along the brick sidewalk towards me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen clouds make pointed angel wings that stream past the sunset, but they shred into clouds. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of arms, Max has drawn Helena and me with angel wings, spreading from one end of the paper to the other, and under our wings are thirteen faces. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Does a dwarf have wings? If not, you would be wiser to swallow the next threat that comes to mind." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In this sense, the Art of Fugue and the St. Matthew Passion were, for the evolving organism of human thought, feathered wings, apposing thumbs, new layers of frontal cortex. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end there were more than two dozen copies of Inkheart on the piles of firewood, their pages crumpled, their bindings wrenched apart like broken wings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Does might grow wings and fly,” said Nelthilta, “and before very much longer, too. Secrets go faster than moles underground.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lifting her wings, she walked into a square, moldy room and jumped up onto a rusted bell lying on its side. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in her drawings, Julia gives Bob wings or a lion’s mane. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I stretch my wings—green and too thick—I run on my talons, gray, scaly, heavy, more like sneakers than like claws. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jon twisted his fist to examine Frightful’s breast, then her back and wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Pet’s wings came off its shoulders and neck, and light poured down its throat, piercing in strength. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her wings spread in glorious flight, she looked down on the vast landscape. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She ran down the hillside in her bare feet, feeling the earth alive beneath her toes, her nightgown flying behind her in white linen wings. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a deli we buy stuffed grape leaves and hot wings and Burmese beer and eat quickly with our hands on someone’s overheated stoop. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At sunup she was still just above the water, her wings outstretched, gliding to And a badly needed bit of land. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The heron flew up, his great wings beating as fast as my heart, and melted into the dusky sky. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The echoes came back in waves, like a pebble rolling round a box, and from the wood across the river came the clattering of wood pigeons’ wings among the branches. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in this past day, Christmas Eve, while the clock made two complete rotations of its own, I watched over three tiny creatures whose lungs struggled like the flat, useless wings of butterflies prematurely emerged. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hands reached, wings flapped, the four-toed feet were gone from his head. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You believe men and women flew down from the skies on fiery wings?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was so beautiful, my heart leaped—metal wings constructed from thousands of interlocking bronze feathers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The rafters of the Zaal shook, and from their perches up in the dark a score of sleeping birds woke up in fear and flapped their wings, and little showers of dust drifted down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had a hard time keeping the wings in position while he sealed them. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The squirrel leapt on the wings of the wind and clung to another standing tree, eating downwards. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The boy spread his wings to their full limit and soared ' away on the wind. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Many were eaten live and whole, struggling wings beating in his mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The price of chicken wings, the company’s bread and butter, had risen. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Once they got here, the incomers from Dad’s novel decided to surgically remove their wings, in order to blend in better with human beings. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

One of Tinker Bell's wings was fluttering frantically; the other was held between Basta's fingers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The streaks of sun caught on the airplane wings blind me so I can’t see her face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Their faces were still the same—I guess those couldn’t get any uglier— but their bodies had shriveled into leathery brown hag bodies with bat’s wings and hands and feet like gargoyle claws. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then he fell, the wings stripped away until he was just a boy in a climbing harness and a white tunic, his arms extended in a useless attempt to glide. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were dark brown with spotted wings, whitish throats, and piercing amber eyes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He enlarged one set of wings after another, showing the pattern hidden inside each dot. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The woods aren’t magic, but they still speak: the branches rasping in winter, and the rustling wind. I like the creaking leaves and the birds scuttling their wings.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Inside the dome was a painting of an angel, his great white wings spread out across a dazzling sky, as if captured midflight. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I guess that means no one was folding his wings beside her desk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a swirl of lunging leathery wings, and a malevolent yowk-yowk-yowk resounding in the snowy courtyard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clutched and clutched, sometimes shivering and sometimes sweating, his panicky heartbeat beating its wings against my chest. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Ms. Albright steps back into the wings, slamming the handbook down on a chair. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In the silence between them the buzz of insects in the hot summer air seemed to crescendo: thousands of tiny wings beating. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge pink creature soared over the reservoir—a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade nightmare blimp with wings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He turned to see the five hens and the rooster beating their wings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Underneath her, across the sheet, is a great splotch of fresh blood, spreading out like bright red wings to either side of her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Delicate silver and gold threads unraveled and wove themselves into the fragile wings of the frozen mariposas, converting the tiny creatures into magical designs stitched meticulously into the bodice of La Llorona’s gown. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Rob piled eight pieces of com on the cob, a mountain of mashed potatoes, eighteen chicken wings, and three pieces of cheesecake on his plate. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it was like moth wings brushing my lips, then his mouth opening on mine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she could try her wings, the phone rang. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This time he charged the box, and when the defenders marked their men on the wings, he followed his coach’s advice again and took the shot himself: goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

On the wall above the bed, and on the ceiling beams: wings softly stirring. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The whole time, my heart was high-fiving my brain, and I literally felt like at any second I could sprout wings. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her slender brown arms wave about like wings as she doles out every command. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And the theatrical skull sings, “Storm fronts that linger upon the horizon; white plastic places where every thought dies in; swabbies and cocktails and parrots' bright wings; these are a few of his least-favorite things.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Maddie flew alone, careful and happy, low over the snow-tipped Highlands on those pretty tapered wings, deafened by the Merlin engine, navigating by dead reckoning. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He stamped to attract his attention and Kehaar sailed across to him with one beat of his wings and a long glide. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His only answer was a buried white feather, a distant memory of wings against the sky, and a feeling of weightlessness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He waved again, and Old Familiar shot into the air before tucking his wings tight and diving into the hole. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“No protection but silence, no protection but dark hiding places, wings, and prayers.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

You don’t need wings because it supports you of its own accord—of its own will resonating with yours—and you feel not only that you can do anything but that you are anything. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Andy Beast swoops over their heads, folds his wings, and sets himself between the girls as they start up the stairs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And by the way, there wasn’t any god sitting on the chair by her desk with his wings folded. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The buzzing of the wings of beetles,” replied his tutor at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were men and boys, but most were women and girls, their wraps still in beautiful colors, undone and spread along the ground like butterfly wings. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his hand around Dimple’s as they walked to the wings. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Odin screeched as he flapped his wings, and the mountain doors opened, and he rose into the skies. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

If Dobzhansky had capriciously trimmed the wings of all the flies in one box, he would have affected their phenotypes—the shape of their wings—without ever touching their genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

For Taran, the horror beating in him like black wings came not from the livid features of the Cauldron warriors or their lightless eyes but from their ghostly silence. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

In his desperate attempt to find a foothold, Barbarossa pushed his feet against the lion’s wings. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Folding the wings and shutting his eyes tightly, he shouted out with bad grace, “I promise never to kill or eat another mouse or shrew of any type as long as I live, so there!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The crow demon thrashed his wings and squawked as the god's jaw cracked open wider and wider. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone else called them buffalo wings, but that was such a long name to learn. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the aliens looked exactly like angels—so beautiful, and completely naked with gleaming silvery-white wings. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

A Sunday school verse came back to me: They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some had to keep hopping along the wash for fifty yards, beating the air with their huge wings, before they could finally take off. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all of us still as night, praying for wings, real wings, so we can fly away. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There she is, a little sparrow. Coming back from stretching her wings, I should think.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They didn’t look like angel wings at all. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun angled low enough to slant its rays under the citadel’s outspread wings, it had gone beyond the edge of the Cusp, and only traded one shadow for another. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Our room was so quiet, I could just make out the sound of the moth’s wings. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She rode a strong wind eastward, her wings outstretched, her feet pressed against her tail, the sun shining through her feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The angel folded up his giant wings and disappeared as Joseph bolted up from bed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There must be something to take up one’s time—some clouds to darn, some weary wings to rub with liniment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m serious. I can at least fit in an extra large. Just got to lay off the chicken wings.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes,” she said, “at twilight, or in the shade, the light plays tricks. Once I saw something that looked like a woman with wings.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge head emerged from the shadows, and Magdalys could make out some of the wings and body. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Holly strapped on the wings, stepping into the outside world. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Electronic computing had moved from the wings of aeronautical research to the main stage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then he thought she looked like an angel resting with her wings spread out behind her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With clipped wings, they couldn’t fly far but they could still fly a little. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

This time her savior was an eagle, who poised on his great wings beside her, seized the flask from her with his beak and brought it back to her full of the black water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, not wholly unaware of the hint of doom and all that waited in the wings for them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched into a three-foot-long wooden staff with dove wings sprouting out the top. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

On their Jackboot hats the great silver eagles spread their wings and seemed to glare at the people, daring them to do something wrong. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Barely ten feet away, seagulls strutted around, squawking, flapping their skinny wings, and picking at something in the grass. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Until that moment, Gregor hadn’t even realized the roaches had wings. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And though the war was young, the plane was winning a reputation for being delicate, especially in the skinny wings, which could snap off if struck in combat. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

With one flap of its wings, three trees turned to smoking ash. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“For her, yes, she is. Is she literally, physically growing wings and soaring? Not that we would notice. But for her? Absolutely.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

This one had skin the same color as a human, a very pale human, and her wings were more like butterfly than dragonfly wings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The wings of birds that had been sleeping flapped in surprise. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At the top of the bubble the hawk snapped its wings and shot south. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The wings looked more advanced than the ones I’d seen in my dreams. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It moved more rapidly over the top of her wings than under them and created lift. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

After her speech, Woodhull stepped off the stage and listened from the wings to Judge A.G.W. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

"It's the same with witches. In the great Headquarters where The Grand High Witch lives, there is always another Grand High Witch waiting in the wings to take over should anything happen." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pastor Patton, arms raised so his robe looked like wings, reminded Stella of Spoon Man’s eagle—perched and waiting. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It took a while for the sound of flapping wings to fade, but by the time she reached the duke’s table, she’d forgotten all about it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maria stands in the wings, chewing her lip. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them all the way, the harpy scrambled heavily, her wings dragging, her claws scratching, silent and grim. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He would flap his wings and make such a loud, shrieking sound that it made the wire vibrate. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Led by Fawkes, whose wide scarlet wings emitted a soft golden glow in the darkness, they walked all the way back to the mouth of the pipe. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The fuming concoction sent swirls of steam up to the cave ceiling, where bats flapped their wings, clinging upside down from their claws, and pit vipers uncoiled themselves from thick iron hooks. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The shadow-birds turn their beady eyes on him and swarm in a tornado of wings and talons, pecking at his skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her chicks were under her breast feathers, nestled against her brood patch; her wings were around them like insulating blankets. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon fell limp on her shoulder and flapped his gorgeous wings once or twice before fainting, and the woman herself seemed to be unable to stand fully upright. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear the flutter of nervous little wings. You’ve brought me my harpy?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was like a creature awakening from sleep, and when it moved—sinuous, liquid—and shook open its massive wings, a bone-deep terror stirred in all the warriors. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She ran—wings open, pantaloons fluttering—and jumped up onto the stone table. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Slowly its wings lift and fall, huge arcs rise and collapse, rise and collapse, up and down, up and down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They settled into poverty- ridden routine as they watched ship after ship arrive and then depart, making way for a new disappointment to come gliding in on white canvas wings. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wings flapped their way up to a steady beat and, with not a little effort, lifted Captain Holly Short into the night sky. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The nubs wiggled like the remnants of amputated wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then Chicho paints delicate butterflies fluttering with lacy wings and tiny birds with long beaks that he says are hummingbirds. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ghost went bounding up the rocks after it, but the bird flapped its wings and took to the air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Harry gripped his flanks with his knees, feeling the great wings rising powerfully beneath them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Officers rose and there was a general clamor; a woman wailed; from the wings, through luffing coulisses, men ran panting, wiping paint from their faces upon their oznabrig sleeves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Amari watched him and remembered how he once had captured a small bird and copied its movements, flapping his arms like wings, telling her, with much laughter, that he intended to learn how to fly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rafik said, “I don’t think she likes having her wings pressed down.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

From a nearby oak a raven quorked, and Bran heard the sound of wings as another of the big black birds flapped down to land beside it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Without a moment to lose, the ladies tucked their wings close and knifed toward the ground. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She screamed everything, and felt as though her very being broke apart in the soft scatter of wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When breakfast was over, he had a good stretch and limbered his wings. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the moon was bright and the shadow of those wings so real, and before we could find our voices, before I could call out, “Wait!” the owl had flown off into the night. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

And hanging on the wall were several sets of bronze and silver wings. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The one hemlock tree among millions came to mind, and she lifted her wings to fly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then, out of nowhere, the parrot swoops down, his wings wide, and he grabs me, his talons digging into the ridges and convolutions of my gray matter. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Is it true your son died flying, Uncle? I heard you made him enormous wings, but they failed.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A whirlwind of legs and wings and elbows and fingernails and beaks and paper. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Closing her wings to her body, she dropped headfirst almost a thousand feet, braked, and waited ten feet above Sam. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She tossed them in a basket to knock off the wings and legs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my delirium, I imagined death in the form of a great bird with wings of fire and shadow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My ‘long-horned’ relatives, the ones who have long curvy feelers coming out of their heads, make their music simply by rubbing the edges of their two top wings together. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a ladylike yawn, a closed-mouth yawn, but you couldn’t miss it; her nostril wings gave her away. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

When they started selling nachos, I knew that chicken wings couldn't be far behind. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But I just stood there staring up at the great stone man with wings. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Anya pressed her lips together and reached out to put the backpack over Germogen’s wings and clip it around his chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now the original home stood in the middle with various additions, rooms, and wings stacked and piled around it, like a merchant trying to carry too many bags at once. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Stephen won’t be there anymore, but there’s always another Stephen waiting in the wings. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But then the bird jabbed at Miss Wren with her beak and Miss Wren’s grasp slipped, and with a big flap of her wings Miss Peregrine nearly escaped from her hands. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Around and around the fire he circled, his arms spread like wings, banking left and right. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I watched helplessly as Dragonwings started to turn, but the right side of its wings brushed the hillside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited for this command, sculling her wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

All that fluttering, that color, yellow against blue, the in-and-out movement of their wings. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

To me, it didn’t look like an eagle, and I couldn’t find any wings, only lumps and bumps and odd shapes on its surface. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the front, on a raised stage, were the first two baby grand pianos I’d ever laid eyes on, their giant hardwood tops propped open like black bird wings. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Merely to lift off the heavy white wings and the veil, merely to feel my own hair again, with my hands, is a luxury. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pumped her wings and carried it away without coming down to the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The faded princess gave El Patron a statue of a naked baby with wings—one of the few gifts he seemed to like. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of shiny wings sprouted from his back, and he had big eyes, always full of questions. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The orange orb has wings like there’s an angel taking it to the hoop. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

‘It seems that you are come on the wings of song out of the forgotten days,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We heard its wings flutter as it brushed past us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Full-Scale Tunnel, the linchpin of the lab’s World War II drag cleanup work, continued to test everything from low-speed aircraft designed with delta wings to helicopters. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

As the singers streamed backstage through the wings, Mrs. Atanabi made her way around the front of the stage to wait for Mr. Tushman to introduce her, and we took our positions. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And it was a tattoo of that same emblem—the blurry butterfly with the animal-eye wings. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

That question makes wings flutter in my chest. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He was of a kind Malcolm didn’t know, with a white body and wings and a black head. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One was large with long, upright handles that stood out like wings on a morning dove. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right then I spread my wings and saw the glory of them! Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, my wings begin to falter, I lose height, and gravity pulls me into a foamy sea the color of Finnick’s eyes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The rooster hopped into the air, flapping his wings and sending feathers everywhere. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seasoned researchers took the male upstarts under their wings, initiating them into their guild over lunchtime conversations in the cafeteria and in after-hours men-only smokers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The wings grafted instantly to his back and arms. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

This shadow had wings the size of small boats and tail feathers that looked like trailing ribbons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Outside, mockingbirds were singing blithely, and, once in a while, when the songsters took flight, Mariam could see their wings catching the phosphorescent blue of moonlight beaming through the clouds. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A persistent flicker called; some nighthawks, flashing bright white spots on their narrow, knifelike wings, dipsy-doodled overhead. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d love to have some macaroni and cheese, collard greens, and baked turkey wings, please.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A wyvern is a long-ago made-up creature with wings that is like a two-legged dragon. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Never fly but so high with these wings,” the father said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane rattled so badly Barry was sure one of the wings would fall off. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two wings and slightly uneven black eyes had been painted on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to get to her feet, slipped, lost her balance, and spread her wings. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Son flares elbows into wings, lunges forward protecting his children. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The water was going every which way beneath them, and the wind was a storm blowing so bad, they could hardly control their wings. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was enchanted by the marble-walled entranceway and statues of fat babies with stubby wings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day, Jeremie, I am so happy I drag cane like angel, like superman, I am fast; I am magic; I have wings to work. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ravens soared through a grey sky on wide black wings, while carrion crows rose from their feasts in furious clouds wherever he set his steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He spread his wings and hopped around, ready to defend his mother. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he sniffed her head and wings with his big, wet nose. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And here’s where things became completely surreal, because riding by his side, astride a creature with the body of a ravid and the head and wings of Wraith the white eagle was...Sarai. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The wind god settled on a nearby wall with his basket of fruit and spread his russet wings in the sun. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The raven croaked again and bounced forward, flapping its wings. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Mashing its wings, Beans shook the bird in the shooter’s face. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to slide under her wings and get away from Mami. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She saw us sprouting wings, flying up and away. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He wore a military pilot’s flight suit, with tiny bird’s wings fluttering on his helmet and his black leather boots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When Cora was young, the overseer’s hair was a livid Irish red that curled from his straw hat like the wings of a cardinal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Finn asked, going back to alternately zooming in and out on Mom’s butterfly logos, growing and shrinking the dots and wings. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Their white blades flashed above the water like the wings of seabirds flying in formation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Its wings grew, and light curled through the air, like calligraphy made of starlight. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It lifts up only a few feet above her head before wings are paper once again and it topples quickly down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She worked up a sweat even in the autumn chill, riding until her legs were tired, her ankles aching, her arms sore from being spread out like wings guiding her through the dark forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Two thousand frames a second, recently developed by Industrial Light and Magic for specialized nature shoots, hummingbird wings, and such. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The wings were so completely silent and we so unprepared. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

They pressed up against her, their red and yellow mouths wide open, their wings fluttering. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Or completing a double pirouette and finishing as gracefully as if I really did have wings. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

With a rush of wings and paws, the celestial mounts disappeared, called back to the deities they served. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He darted up to the window-pane, brushed down his breast-feathers with his beak and then, “Cheerio!” he said perkily, and spread his wings and was gone. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dazed women staring up in the air and fat babies with tiny wings flying about. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I paint a girl with wings instead of arms, flying along the border where darkness becomes light, unsure of where she's supposed to be. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Slim and dark grey-blue, with dry, featherless wings and round, unblinking, yellowish eyes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia came bursting through the wings just as Dimple moved out of the way. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After a long time, Miss Peregrine quit struggling and lay on the ground with her wings splayed, gasping for air, feathered chest heaving. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He told me out of trust. I would never betray it. I believe that the world could be different. I believe that our destinies aren’t chains around our necks, but wings that give us flight.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The eagle flapped its wings hard, creating a wind so strong it almost knocked the gods over, and it dropped the meat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed a shame, but we couldn’t fix them, and couldn’t leave them around for the mortals, so we stuffed the wings in the trash bin outside the cafeteria. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Settling ’cross the fields, hovering on angel wings and brandishing a blazing shield...” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Muscles liquefy and reorganize themselves around groups of cells called “imaginal discs,” creating brand-new body parts: wings, legs, antennae, and so on. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The wooden frame of the right wings snapped in a dozen places. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just stood there, wings out, and she realized he was making it easier for her to put the backpack on. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A sour smell, disturbed by their wings, filtered up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks up to see, there in the sky and blocking out the sun completely, the long-lost Lazarus woodpecker, with its wings outspread and its beak pointing upward, nearly piercing the blue of the sky. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The butterflies in her stomach began beating their restless wings again at the thought, and Dimple tried not to groan. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It kicked out its legs, turned its wings and alighted in the water, floating as lightly as a cork. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the trees that closed off the sky, beat her wings, circled Sam’s head, and climbed out of the forest. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Seven years we have waited,” said Nathan, his eyes glinting, “wings or no wings.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It covered its face with both wings, muttering to itself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They used their wings to buzz a few simple words, like nectar and sun and hive. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

All about, the forest spoke, sometimes sounds of animals, sometimes the white whirr of insect wings, sometimes only the trees shifting gently. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They came swiftly from the North, walking like wading herons in their gait, but not in their speed; for their legs in their long paces beat quicker than the heron’s wings. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Flapping her wings uncertainly, she jumped off the limb and headed for the aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

May’s arms were crossed over her chest, wings folded in on themselves, a pose I did not find flattering. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They flew in a tight circle around Gregor and Boots, locking them in a prison of wings and fur. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has studied the creatures that ride on their petals: the soft green bodies of caterpillars, the shiny armor of beetles, the delicate wings of moths. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When they were half-way across the circle they would run the last part, flapping their wings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Make your own wings. Be quick about it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His arms stretched into wings, and his sight became a thousand times sharper. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The little creature shifted its clawlike feet on the stem, flapped its brown wings, and trilled again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rue, who is dressed in a gossamer gown complete with wings, flutters her way to Caesar. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tornait flew to the top of the barrel, screaming his alarm cry and beating his wings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wooden wings had sprouted from the Wraith and Lady Marya as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her whole face is sparkling, especially the emerald-green wings around her icy blue eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It spread its metal wings, blinked its obsidian eyes, and flew around the room. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A hundred smithereens of darkness, they broke apart and re-formed and siphoned themselves into a little typhoon that swept down toward the rooftops of Weep, whirling and wheeling on soft twilight wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The flying reptiles beat their wings up and down in sync with their human counterparts. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Oppie called to tell him he would rejoin the Berkeley faculty after all, Lawrence responded, “Good, I can clip your wings a little.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She looks at me like I've just said I have wings and can fly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the sky, little Harold suddenly appeared, frantically flapping his wings like a fuzzy butterfly. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He came hurtling down at a long-slanted dive, his ugly head outstretched, his wings all but shut against his body. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the echoing blasts of fireworks, I discerned a flapping sound like the unfurling of membranous wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rahel stopped and turned around, and on her heart a drab moth with unusually dense dorsal tufts unfurled its predatory wings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine a raven sitting on Daniela's shoulder, and I blacken her hair to match its wings. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

To the Gang of Five: May we all sprout wings and fly. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

As she approached him, he had picked up the foil in his beak and was spreading his wings to fly off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mean Lady Ming yelled something mean back to the kitchen, and in ten minutes we had a brown bag smelling of fried rice and chicken wings. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He beat his wings again, sending up a choking storm of scarlet sand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For suddenly, up out of a wash ahead rose a flurry of flapping wings. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wings of his helm fluttered as he walked. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“If God wanted people to fly, he would have given us wings on our backs.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Now I will do your wings, and give mine a chance to set properly. Come!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Because if the wings were at the same height, he’d look like he was hanging stuffed in a museum somewhere.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Differentiating between the most likely possibilities meant examining the specimen’s spread wings, but there wasn’t room enough in the jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As Ron and Hermione emerged, spluttering and gasping, from the depths of the lake, the dragon flew on, its wings beating hard, and landed at last on a distant bank. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And when the waves and the winds smack at them, they spread their wings and skitter around and then they try to come back together again. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Their wings flaked in the water, some stuck to him, some whirled about him, as he went on deeper into the pool. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just stood there with our hands over our mouths, frozen up like statues, watching those wings flap off into the dark. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The young falcon was running to the rabbit with outstretched wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

On the left was the first version: glittery sleeveless dress, dark hair circled with laurels, golden wings folded behind her. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A scarlet-crested bird shot by below, brushing sure dark wings against a quivering bush. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The craft tipped its wings and zigzagged across the sky. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kind of like a Tyrannosaurus rex combined with an airplane, if an airplane flapped its wings really hard. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I spot the Chrysanthemum Teahouse in the distance, its turrets shining like the wings of bright bayou fireflies in the dark of night. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I’m the only Black student in the class, so I know' everyone’s staring at me, trying to see if I have bat wings or hairy armpits. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She wore shimmering wings, and the same flower crown that she’s wearing now. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then, as the sun itself rose over the fields, the great bird which they had made suddenly moved its wings and launched itself into the air. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Pong became a bat, sleeping all day with a sheet wrapped tight around his face like wings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“The god of Creativity has folded his wings by your desk too,” she said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the job was finished, it turned out to be a bird of prehistoric dimensions, with the face of a furious eagle, wings that moved, and a propeller on its back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't want his hand anywhere near me, but it was stuck there, glued to the spot where wings would sprout if I had them—I wanted them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jon stroked Frightful’s wings and breast, then held her feet in his hand and her body along his forearm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Eat,” the raven said darkly, flapping its black wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They would touch my hair When I showed Them my library: The fish making jeta, The globe that I dropped, The birds fluttering Their wings at the window. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Gram saw them, they had butterfly wings and hats and tunics made with bits of thread and spare buttons they had managed to pluck from unsuspecting humans who wandered too close to the forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was a minute hummingbird, its bronze-feathered wings moving too fast for her to see. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I cried for my ma and pa and little brother, for Sir Zurt, for Duuzuu with his singed wings, for everyone everywhere. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

For a moment she could almost see him sweeping across the sky, his black wings swallowing the stars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her arms are bird wings pinned down with rocks by mean boys. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If I grabbed one’s wings, I could get its jaws to clamp on my fingers. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The gods of Asgard heard the screech and the boom of the wings, and they went to the high walls to see what was happening. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her heartbeat was light and fast as bird’s wings beating against a cage. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were butterfly wings, to go with the proboscis. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bones stuck out of his back like truncated wings. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She lost her balance, spread her wings, and completed the circuit between two wires. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes they flap their wings quickly, and other times they fly without flapping at all. They spread their wings and soar on the wind.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And so here she was, on the second day of summer break, adding a few more scales along a pair of dragon wings and worrying about crying murals. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Before we chow down on those wings,” Webb says, nodding to the cartons on the table by the door, “we need to talk a little shop.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Snowy gulls hover with wings spread, low enough to touch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it stopped for a few seconds, spread out and resettled its wings, then swelled its speckled breast and again burst into song. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I stand in the wings, dressed in a lush black tutu embellished with black feathers and blood-red flowers. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede had the impression that additional wings had been added at random, creating a maze of connecting rooms that opened here and there into sky wells and broader courtyards. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The brand wasn’t like American brands, which were initials or letters or even numbers; it looked like a big butterfly with its wings outstretched, or two loops of rope tied together in the center. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the air in the alleyways tasted of snow, and only the wings of the carved angels and dragons high up on the rooftops felt any real warmth from the pale sun. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Every time he calls me love, an angel gets its wings.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Another creature, this one shaped a bit like a small dragon with fuzzy wings that trailed on the ground, bustled past. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cricket would catch his breath, have a sip of water, flex his wings, and begin a new selection as fast as he could. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, in a tangle of wings and claws and arms and legs, her grandmother was there. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The angle of the climbing sun snuck a slash of rays under the edges of its wings, shining a jagged shimmer along the sharp tips of the huge metal feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When the moon had traveled halfway across the sky and Dustfinger was still sitting on the roof, the fairy with the butterfly wings grew impatient. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Since a Terraplane is another thing with wings, I edged up to twenty-five miles an hour, watching the needle rise. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were streets in the cities, and eagles flew over them, wobbling without moving their wings. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a falcon is hooded she will not bate, that is, she won’t fly off your fist and hang head down by her jesses, beating her wings and hurting herself. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goose beat his great wings, raising a flurry of snow as he landed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I can just make out the white eye, the two wings. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the 46th Guards were quietly idling their engines, maybe the cowering soldiers below imagined that the swooping wings sounded eerily like witch’s broomsticks soaring through the dark sky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She sat down at the breakfast table and opened the newspaper and hid her face behind the huge pages as if she were reading the wings of a giant butterfly. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When their wings began to feather out, I cut them again. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, old womanish, as if he were, though still spiteful, slightly embarrassed, he got back up onto his treasure pile, stretched out his wings, and settled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if I were to come at night, when he’s on duty alone — though he would never be allowed such solitude — and permit him beyond my white wings? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping himself fully shielded, the commander stowed his wings in their sheath, advancing on foot across the deck. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Their wings fluttered and wavered as they trembled back to life right before our very eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A splash, a labored beating of wings, and Zerubabel was in a gull’s beak, its pale, pink shell already crushed, its tiny pincers loosely dangling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Ammu flew through her dream on heavy, shuddering wings, and stopped to rest, just under the skin of it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We must hasten back on the wings of prose to the factory and its folk, who prompted my rather lengthy digression. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was enormous, wrapping its serpentine body around the outer wall of a cavern, wings spread wide across the ceiling. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately it also singed Frank’s wings and sent him spiraling out of control. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The lockers fill entire hallways, entire wings, one after another. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He reminded me of one of the golden angel heads with wings that hovered at the feet of the Virgin in her pictures. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a moment later, Mrs. Coulter had leapt up between those pinioned wings and seized Metatron’s hair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The wind was light, the seas were calm, and although they saw the glitter of those great snow white wings more than once, the birds were wary and stayed well clear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then they released the bird and it swooped with a flurry of white wings, hovered over the edge of the boat, then sat on top of the shiny water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead, a gray bird fluttered and spread its wings. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

All of my childhood memories rush in: I'm standing in the wings, watching Papa take his viola from the case, rosin the bow and begin to tune among the chatter, the dinner plans, the gossip. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Icarus’ father made some wings that he fastened with wax. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had broken wings or legs or hearts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curling white snakes with flickering black tongues, birds with coal-colored wings flapping through the thick fog. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was not only their numbers; there was also something insect­like about the clicking, whirring sound of their wings. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Hermione jumped back as the enormous wings rose once more.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Just because nothing happened today doesn’t mean Zero’s not waiting in the wings to act. It could be one part of his grand plan.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He jumped forward, fell back, and beat the earth with his wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Holly primed the wings’ motor, pulling the starter cord over her shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I want my children to be free, no matter what. Promise me you’ll spread your wings and fly.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The flanks of a great cat, the neck and heavy hump of a bull, wings as sharp and vicious as the wings of the great seraph, though on a smaller scale. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Spreading his wings to their incredible length, Snow screeched, “I’ll bet anything. Whatever you say, mouse.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She was not sure how long she sat there before the hen began to squawk loudly and spread its wings to shield the chicks, but they did not run into the shelter quickly enough. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The trouble was that instead of watching him from the wings, as they should have done, the penguins got interested and walked out on the stage again to watch him more closely. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful set her wings and glided above the waterfall and cliff to the Schoharie Valley. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Out it flies, delighting in its new-found freedom, its dark hooded beak and tiny head drooping like its sex between arching wings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

In books, there were giant metal boxes with wings that soared through the sky, carrying people. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Insects with wings pirouetted somewhere above my prone head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

So they could sit in the morning sun and dry the dew off their wings. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Glimpses of white feathers, of wings etched against stars. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It had real cool covers, there were always drawings of smiling white people on it standing next to cars with wings or sitting in private submarines or eating a whole meal in one little pill. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind my closed eyes thin white dancers flit gracefully among the trees, their legs fluttering like the wings of held birds. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the bat’s wings folded in, but the other extended at an awkward angle, clearly broken. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our neighbor Mr. Castle walked on from the wings to take the last chair. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate of her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she’d always wished she had. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarence raised his wings and lowered them, but he stayed on Burke’s shoulder. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But not with arms stretched out like airplane wings, nor shot forward like Superman in a horizontal dive, but floating, cruising, in the relaxed position of a man lying on a couch reading a newspaper. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be great black birds with immense white wings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a little girl and she had on a real pretty blue dress and big, yellow wings and something tied around her head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a flowing white strapless dress, and her matching white shawl flapped around her like wings in the ocean wind. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He raised his wings and spread them wide before folding them again. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He felt ashamed, and when he went out for walks he hunched his shoulders, wanting to be as invisible as an insect with diaphanous wings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t mean anything to us,” he remembered, “until a large group of planes came near the ship and we could see for the first time the rising sun emblem on the plane wings.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodies rushed around the room in a flurry of black robes like frantic wings beating against mechanics. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Clayton never liked the mushy song about the wings of love, but he could see his grandparents once had the kind of happiness that had wings. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Dimple smiled reluctantly, and his heart soared on gilded wings. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Just ’cause a chicken got wings don’t mean it oughta fly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mapper stood on the roof, surrounded by flapping wings, shaking his head. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

For this reason and because I wanted him to help me gather roots and not go running off, I said nothing about the shell I saw or the gull with folded wings. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her elbows stuck out like wings, and a huge white enameled tub occupied the space above her head, somewhat miraculously holding steady while her head moved in quick jerks to the right and left. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger trickled drop after drop into her mouth until she sat up and feebly beat her wings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A smaller shape with wings fluttered up behind him - a harpy? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man talked about eagles and what their wings look like when they fly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every so often, from up ahead, we’d hear a flap of wings or a pigeon’s warble, and we’d pick up our pace a little. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Did she want him to take her back where she came from, back to the place where all fairies had butterfly wings and people understood their language? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

An unearthly screech shattered the silence, followed by a rush of wings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His wings unfolded, and he half flew, half hopped onto the parapet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The drumbeat grew louder, and the sound of flapping wings floated past my ear on a faint breeze. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Eagles, for example, identify thermal columns rising from the ground, spread their giant wings and allow the hot air to lift them upwards. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it opened its wings high above its body and Hazel jumped back, startled by the great, arching span. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frozen gryphons stuck out of the ground like feathery Popsicle sticks, their wings still spread, beaks open, eyes wide with surprise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“All you gotta do backstage is get Mrs. Walton to help you with the wings,” he reminds me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as they reached the canal and the wind uncurled her wings, she pushed herself off from Bo's hand and took to the air. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bats were extending and folding their wings, unsure of what to do. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mean Lady Ming yelled something mean back to the kitchen, and in ten minutes we had a brown bag smelling of fried rice and chicken wings. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another screeched and tried to fly away, but Percy sliced off her wings and sent her spiraling into the chasm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The snow angel has feathery wings and a tiny pin head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The canvas-covered wings, which were forty feet long and six and a half feet wide, were on top of the frame s center. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a pair of soldiers brought the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were both dressed in their good dark clothes and wearing spotless starched white aprons, ruffles standing out at their shoulders like wings. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Now that he was closer, I could see that his wings smoldered. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Each night we struck at new targets and each night we slept in a new place, under the wings of our aircraft. This was our work area, bedroom, and dining room.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Moss smiled at her and grabbed a couple of wings from the plate, then dropped them quickly because they were still hot. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The rest of my journey must be on the wings of Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I looked up in time to see white wings hanging from above in the quick flash of the opened door. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy had been attacked on both wings; he had reinforced there and would be strongest there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squatted down by the pool and watched the dawn spreading across the sky like yellow wings. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled their wings off, throwing them away, and wrapped the fish in the now-consecrated fish blanket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now events were running away with them, trampling over her personal griefs, her budding hopes, her sprouting wings. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was twenty feet above Alice’s head, she scooped her wings, dropped her secondary feathers, and braked herself. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She enlarged all the dots from the butterfly wings one by one, until each dot joined with the one above, below, or beside it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They saw the flash and heard the sharp rattle of the aircraft’s machine guns in the dark, and bullets raked the wings of their Po-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It brought you instantly to mind—how your dark, silken hair floats like wings of gossamer. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a break in the buildings, and sails spread like moth’s wings greeted them as they turned onto the avenue along the Avery. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Petey blinked so rapidly it was like watching the beating of wings. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The last time he touched them there was pain, and wings tore from their backs that they might go where they wished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They came to a patch of milkwort—a blue as deep as that of the sky—with long stems creeping through the grass and each minute flower spreading its two upper petals like wings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dropped in sodden clumps as he flapped his wings, trying to rise. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, seeing its body broken, the thin wings stilled, she had wished it were alive again. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he and his master would run together as stags, or fly to Re Albi over the mountain on the wings of eagles. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The power of almost all animals depends on their bodies: the strength of their muscles, the size of their teeth, the breadth of their wings. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As silently as owls they flew, with the moon on their wings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She peered up, squinting at the underside of the vast metal wings, and the soles of the great angel’s feet, and the sky she could see around the edges. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He filled in the last section of the guy with the pipe, then added some wings and sharp teeth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Immediately the kestrel came lower in an oblique glide, closed its wings and dropped. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darkness swells in my blood as though great black wings beat inside me and above me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Roke bowed and snapped his fingers, and the small blue hawk perching on the bracket beside the door spread her wings and glided to the table. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she thinks he perks up when he sees them, hears all those wings rushing and rushing and rushing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Their wings came in all varieties, mostly patterned after butterflies, but much more elegantly shaped and radiantly colored. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Behind us, I heard the sound of giant wings as Kampe took to the air. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were two creatures now, and the second one had wings. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He spread his jacket like wings and jumped off the railing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He listened as the flapping of wings and chirping of sparrows grew less and less. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She continued down the frozen, silent hallways, crossing the three wings of the house, until she came to the drawing room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still others wear all kinds of avatar items, virtual cat ears or antlers on their heads, enormous angel wings on their backs, hair and eyes in every color. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can see other choirs waiting in the wings. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

For a few moments he hovered, his body rising and falling between his wings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amid the pounding in her ears and her head, the whisper of wings filled the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, those are good choices—for the most part. What others?” she asked, and somehow, an hour flew by, carrying them on the wings of conversation. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Silver stopped short in fear and the crow seemed to dance before him, its great black wings flapping in a horrible commotion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like a gigantic eagle with its wings spread. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cheekbones were like the wings of a hawk soaring away from his broad nose; he wore a drooping thick mustache; the hairs were steel gray. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy flapping of the curtains being whipped in the wind, or perhaps the rustling of many wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After a moment he spread his wings, and she could see he was going to try to fly again. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re disgusting. Those papery wings and their stupid bug bodies . ..” She shudders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They burst into the air, an explosion of wings, and like smoke clears, there’s my brother. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There were many tiny beetles with something sticking out at their backs, as if they had forgotten to tuck in their wings properly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like a miniature Pacific Islander with dragonfly wings across her back as well as tiny wings on her ankles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He stood at the edge of our pool, held his arms out like airplane wings, and then, wearing nothing at all but white cotton briefs, let himself fall into the cool water. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dark field, flashing lights, Lysander wings against the moon. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Pulling on her powerful wings, Frightful sped to the top of the tallest pine and alighted on a slender twig. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

During our warm-up mile, the tails of the armband flap behind me, and it makes me feel almost as if I have wings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

With her wings snapping to gain speed, the great bird aims for Alice, who ducks her head just in time. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others squatted down to watch the ones that had lost wings crawl on the ground, to follow them as they held on to one another and moved like a black string, a mobile necklace. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we’ve rehearsed dozens of times before, we stream onstage from both wings, shortest to tallest, dancing an indigenous harvest dance. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bird with great wings, and for feathers they put a covering of leaves from the trees that grew there. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Frightful held her wings outstretched and glided on the wind. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She was a shriveled hag with bat wings and claws and a mouth full of yellow fangs, and she was about to slice me to ribbons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jones, whose theory on triangular delta-shaped airplane wings would revolutionize the discipline, was walking through the streets of Hampton one evening when he came upon a group of Hampton police officers harassing a black man. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A butterfly with red-and-gold wings flutters by my face, and squirrels with glittery silver fur race up trees when we get too close. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At the press of a button, the two wings would close on the car with a joint pressure of five hundred tons. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He had cast hundreds of small things since he had gone to work for Mr. Lapham, but nothing so intricate and beautiful as the woman with folded wings whose body formed the handle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up just in time to see the woman leap off the roof, flying through the air with her arms outstretched like wings. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Rahel watched him and her cold moth spread its wings again. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A soaking bumblebee crawled over a thistle bloom, vibrated its wings for a few seconds and then flew away down the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later the owl dæmon swooped with a clumsy fainting movement to his side, and half lay on the snow, struggling to fold her wings. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took to the air in a wild beating of wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Most of them had wings, and the ones that didn’t were carried in the talons of others. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But in the weeks and months that followed, she witnessed many moths chewing through fuzzy cocoons, crawling out, and pumping up their wings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And Dragonwings, its wings waving over either side of the wagon, lurched forward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure he does. But I can see right through him. He’s wearing wings.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I'd like to buy some wings and test them out, and after that perhaps we might try riding dragons and see which is more fun.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Angel after angel, outlined in fire, their wings ablaze, tumbled screaming from the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A cardinal, with a fluffing of wings, emerged from a nearby elm tree. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then one made a charge, wings flapping, and Farmer turned away. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It lay there for a moment, catching its breath, wings spread open to the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His tufts of black hair stuck up in curls like baby bat wings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The back of her hands were covered with small brown spots the size of raisins, and her shiny nails looked like the wings of red beetles. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

As I walk offstage into the wings, it’s as though I’m swimming through a sea of sounds—clapping and whistling and foot-stamping and whooping. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes tearing, her shoulders shudder like the wings of a baby bird. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

After running away from home, she’d spent a few weeks surviving on her own, living in alleyways and hiding from monsters until Thalia and Luke took her under their wings. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The wings of his nostrils flared and quivered like an outraged priest’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

My woolen wings fluttered and flapped at the ends of my arms. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even after Sandy leaves, I stay standing where I am, watching the dragonflies and their wings. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Wings sprouted from their backs—small bat wings, which glinted like brass. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The susurration of their wings lulls me, I guess. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The second time he passed before the sun, his black wings spread, and the world darkened. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What they must see is the white wings only, a scrap of face, my chin and part of my mouth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The swan stretched his wings out as far as they would go. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

For talent, he’s making me a white dress with a silver halo and silver wings. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Hummingbirds evolved instead to feed on nectar and insects, which they find by using their own wings. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d described the way dragons flew, with special appendages on their wings. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the wings, the other girls are nervously whispering. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A medical orderly had been summoned, but it was clear that there was little hope for the angel: he was wounded sorely, his wings torn and his eyes dimmed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Just the feather-soft brush of wings against her lips as they melted back into her, leaving an aftertaste of salt and soot. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His front tire tilted high; he imagined wings sprouting from the handlebars and jet fire shooting from his seat as his back tire touched down on the opposite side of the creek. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

From the wings, we watch as Millie takes the stage in her skirted gingham swimsuit and matching wedges. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Thanatos glided toward them on his black wings, his expression serene. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She ruffled her wings and chest feathers, keeping an eye on her young. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It looked like it was made of beaten gold, complete with delicate roses and a glittering butterfly whose wings reminded Aru of stained glass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

While I waited to see how fine everything was, I watched the theater fill up through this little hole in the stage wings. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gimpy holds his elbows out as he rolls the dough, like a bird’s wings, but Frank keeps his arms close to his sides. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She can fly behind us. She hasn’t had a chance to stretch her wings for ages.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Delicately made models of creatures Harry did not recognize, all flapping wings or snapping jaws, hung from the ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Its wings were like the sails of a small ship, each feather as broad as a cutlass. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He flew from tall tree to the tallest, spread his wings, and soared far from Frightful’s Mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maddie was out every Saturday that summer tinkering with engines and doping fabric wings and making friends. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The fairies had to tuck in their wings to descend the stairs, so Kendra ran down beside the furry fairy and the albino. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a tall gray hat and a remarkable coat with very wide shoulders, like wings. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were other things in the lair of the snake: a fox’s tail, wood-pigeon wings, the head of a big fish, and fur pelts of many species of creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And Gran, she’s always rescuing things: birds with broken wings, a sick beaver, a deer hit by a car. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You have a better chance of sprouting wings on your back than saving enough for a plane ticket, let alone a plane." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She dies and he takes her to heaven on his wings. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Catching herself on her acrobatic wings, Frightful skimmed up through and over the trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We eat real good for the first two weeks: turkey wings, steaks, and whole chickens from the bodega. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The raven falls to the ground, its wings bent and broken. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The moth with the zigzag pattern on its wings. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the last two minutes there had been sounds of interest but not of danger—a snap and then a whistle like that of the wings of a wild dove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tipped her wings, banked, and started back. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Miss Sarah nodded, and I imagined the two goddesses beating their wings in time as they shot toward the tear in the sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Angels wear clothes and wings and are Christian. Cupids wear bows and arrows; they are naked and pagan.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around to see the soldiers pulling at the wings on my back as if they wanted to make sure they were securely fastened. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, they would be strapping themselves to the wings.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She handed Sierra a little flowering bulb of garlic, its crackling paper skin fluttering like broken wings onto the kitchen floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The way he makes the shavings flutter down into thin little pieces of wood that look like curly wings. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to look, to see my wings, but I was an angel of stone, so I could not move. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Clad in glistening wings, Lumas, God of Love, strode past her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As he crossed the dark yard, the great skeletal thestral looked up, rustled its enormous batlike wings, then resumed its grazing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A street car rumbled forward and the pigeon rose swiftly through the air on wings stretched so taut and sheer that Bigger could see the gold of the sun through their translucent tips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We pull the wings and heads off the bugs we catch and roast them with salt and pepper. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two came flying at him rattling their wings, but the big one came circling from behind, very swift, to burn him and his boat with its breath of fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And now we are all scattered; and for many a long day loneliness will sit over our roofs with brooding wings. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It sits there for several seconds, opening and closing its wings, as if sharing a secret with the stern woman. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The bird flutters its wings, bones rattling like dice. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t-a been no more surprising if Spangler sprouted wings and flew off to scare mice under the king of England’s chair! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

If I had wings, I would want to fly too, Dany thought. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But the foul creatures hadn’t finished yet; holding their beautiful wings high, they squatted among the devastation and voided their bowels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The kestrel sailed into view and took up station, the black-edged flange of its tail bent down and its pointed wings beating rapidly as it searched the down below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He must like my cooking too much to get rid of me,” Mandy told me over cold chicken wings and warm bread. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A seven-foot-tall brother with bulging muscles, hawk wings, titanium armor, and eyes that could see through walls. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I crouch, listening to the thunder of wings behind me, and run my hand through the grass, just above the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When Jon was too close, 426 took off with a loud snap of his wings, climbed high, and dove at the man. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Running makes everything bubbling around inside twist and turn and spread out behind me like wings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Our plane, a giant silver bullet with wings awaits us at the gate. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no,” she said, “don’t grab your skirt like some clodhopper. Think of making wings, like an angel. Like this. Now sink. Slowly! Don’t plummet, child—you’re not a rock.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Made of cast iron, the plowshare was shaped like a V, with the blade carving into the ground and the two arms arcing away like gull wings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The butterfly raised and lowered his wings slowly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead, terns and Cape pigeons wheeled, and a giant snow petrel flew on snow-white wings; the birds were a sure sign that open water was near. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They formed themselves into a pair of wings, lifting me and carrying me away over Tent City and setting me down next to my Torito who lay in the middle of a lush-green alfalfa field. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he raised his wings and splashed his belly in the water, sending a spray of drops everywhere and cawing in pleasure to be taking such a fine bird bath. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I was washing wool on the bank of the River Kan. Suddenly a noise like the fluttering of the wings of a frightened bird was heard ... and a kind of swell came up the river. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dragon wings,” he said, and slipped into them like sleeves. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She held her wings to her body and stacked her tail feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We pass the children’s grave with the overflowing brown and crispy flowers, fluttering in the wind like cockroach wings. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They fanned their wings in slow motion as they made their way up her long, pale dress from the hem up to her neckline, forming an intricate floral pattern. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They shifted on the branches, muttering and raising their wings. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His flame lit the pit, pale gold shot through with red and orange, and the stale air exploded in a cloud of hot ash and sulfur as the white wings beat and beat again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With a rocket in his saddle and wings on his sides Grog couldn’t possibly have clocked such a time, but the reporters weren’t sure of that, given what Smith had done for Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people applauded her wins, but there was always someone lurking in the wings who didn’t want to see her succeed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then she and her sisters rose on their bats’ wings, fluttered into the smoke-filled sky, and disappeared. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Galina, flying after Marina, could hardly see the wings of her own aircraft—let alone the two other planes in the formation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Matt was startled to see the lotus pond and a pair of ibises lazily stretching their wings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All five of them were there: the unicorn, the mermaid, the merman, the sea horse, and the lion, who now spread both his wings as if he'd never lost one. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and pretended as hard as I could, and after a while I was convinced I could feel wings sprouting from my shoulders. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

For instance, if a butterfly flaps its wings, it might create just enough wind to throw off a computer’s long-range weather predictions. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I strained my ears over them to listen for the clicking of grasshopper legs and wings. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A set of enormous silvery wings arched up from his shoulders. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Balthamos nodded and raised his wings to shake off the moisture. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t hurry, Jay’d grab both of the chicken wings for himself. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A brown hen sat on the nest, her wings fluffed around the eggs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe you have, no,” said Lazlo, finding a place for his arms about her shoulders, wild windswept hair and wings and all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But before I got there, I heard the flapping of leathery wings. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair, however, was as gray and dusty as moth wings, and her sagging wrinkled skin almost hung off her face like a worn leather sack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“My wings,” said the Wart after a moment, guessing because he did not know. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With its wings secure, Ma instructs Chou to place the bowl under the bird. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d survived the same fire I had, though his wings were so singed he would never fly properly again. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was a large bird with a pure snowy white body and wings that were jet-black at their tips and rear edges. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then it’s Abby’s turn, and she emerges from the wings, dragging a skinny black music stand to the edge of the stage. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Holly unhooked a set of wings from their bracket. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was still far away when it folded its wings and bombed the earth. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A torrent of darkness, frantic wings, and fury. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Still, when she held a pupa—or “date pit,” as she called it—with its outline of tiny wings beneath the protective shell, she felt the creature stirring within. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He watched for a moment until the carefully crafted perch inside stopped swaying and the little finch stilled the nervous flutter of its bright-colored wings. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was mosdy a skeleton of wooden poles, with canvas stretched only over the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had feathers, and heads and beaks not unlike swans’, but those wings were situated one in front of the other, surely... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Only the harpies were unafraid; they took to their wings and soared above, scanning backward and forward, flying back to reassure those still in the tunnel, flying ahead to search for the way out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her white dress dances with the ocean breeze, her silver wings shimmer in the sunlight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The last time he flew right above her, so close she could hear the sound of his wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The wind drummed at the canvas over the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The albino fairy flew up and gave the imp a kiss on the mouth, and it became a striking fairy with fiery red hair and iridescent dragonfly wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A small treasure of a book hidden inside a big common one—like...spells printed on dragonfly wings, discovered tucked inside a cookery book, right between the recipes for cabbages and corn. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Standing there by that Harvard window, I silendy vowed to Allah that I never would forget that any wings I wore had been put on by the religion of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about fifteen inches long and it had wings. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A huge butterfly flapping its pink and purple wings. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The books arc, and their covers spread like a bird's wings as they soar toward the fire. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

What I don't understand is why they have wings if they stay in the wood. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their great wings beat inward, slowing them, and their bodies swung downward till they were standing upright in the air, holding their position by the beating of their wings. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve tried, but the best I can manage to be is a nuisance,” and, before Milo could reply, he flapped his dingy wings and flew off in a cascade of dust and dirt and fuzz. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the ideographs lifted their feet, stretched out their wings, and flew like blackbirds; the dots were their eyes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can a clump of feathers with legs and wings take off and just float on a breeze? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their bodies were covered in molting feathers, and their wings were tipped with tiny, shriveled hands. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Simple, stupid, brutal curiosity, the same thing that motivates boys to see what flies might look like without their wings. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Above in the park I could hear the furious flapping of wings; on my neck, the pressure of eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few big family dwellings with multiple wings, others just big enough to crawl into, and everything in between. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Meggie thought they looked like birds hunching their heads down beneath their wings in case someone might knock them off. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I saw Father twist his hips to the right, and the wings began to curl and the rear rudder curved to the right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thrashing her wings, she righted herself on a limb. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The aircraft came closer, so that the boys could make out the markings on the wings and the white helmets of the pilots in the cockpits. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Just lets me stand there and watch the dragonflies flit around with their see-through wings. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He has his arms out like wings and is turning around and around, the wind rippling his clothes, the glow of the fire lighting him up like a phoenix. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Duchess flapped her wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Their wings brushed over her lips, soft as the ghost of a kiss, and all she could think was how the sight would disgust him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The dots on the butterflies’ wings weren’t just in different places on each logo. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Petey could have been a bee or a butterfly with her tattered silver wings veined with gold, the silver mask hiding her face. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately,” said the bird, throwing off its wings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His sneakers sprouted wings and his legs shot forward, pulling him away from Annabeth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The guard raised the newspaper, to which a couple of dusty moth wings were still clinging, and slapped the door frame with it, smiling broadly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At once they beat their wings and surged forward, and she darted with them, surfing on the turbulence their pinions caused in the air and relishing the speed and power it added to her flight. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue as cornflowers, or dragonfly wings, or a spring—not summer—sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The lapels were so big I felt as though I was wearing reverse water wings. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he told her he was writing to me, she said to tell me to remember my wings. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The owl spread his wide, snowy wings and flapped upwards to perch on the edge of his den. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He pulled the strings tight and slipped the purse around his neck, then sat holding the old Snitch and watching its wings flutter feebly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I fear he may already have done so, Papa. I may have seen the fluttering of wings as I awoke this morning.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The flamingos slept on one leg, their heads under their wings. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is like a butterfly ready to unfold its wings. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Straight down upon the Nazgûl they bore, stooping suddenly out of the high airs, and the rush of their wide wings as they passed over was like a gale. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They soared over us, ranting and raving and angrily flapping their wings. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Once again she felt the surge of power as the crow’s broad wings beat down against the air; this time it lasted longer for they were going higher than before. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Albert sat on a chair beside the bed, close enough that Joseph could now see the silver medallion around his neck ... a bird with outstretched wings. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A twelve-foot centipede with three sets of wings and three pairs of taloned feet corkscrewed around the room in a complex aerial display. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He spread his wings and flew off Lawrence’s shoulders, out of his hands and up into the nighttime sky, toward the stars, toward Sarah Ruth. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

A butterfly flaps her wings now and a hurricane forms in the future. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Smeath is stuck to her back like an asparagus beetle, grinning like a maniac; both of them have shiny brown insect wings, done to scale and meticulously painted. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fire danced along their wings and they became swift. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My arms rise slightly—as if recalling the black-and-white wings Cinna gave me — then come to rest at my sides. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As we walked the rest of the way, I lifted my eyes to the minaret that split the sky like the body of a bird between its two wings. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He imagined it circling end over end, its pages fluttering like wings, until it struck, oh, say, Deacon Hurd, just on the side of his nose. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And a tree stump became a very large, very pink, and very perplexed-looking bird, who sat sprawled on the ground, wings akimbo, as if shocked by its own existence. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Astonishingly, though, even as he became larger and larger, Fyrian had somehow regained the use of his wings and was hovering overhead, peering over the rim of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her fairy wings around us, and for a few seconds, we came together in an awkward embrace that lasted a second too long and ended in more giggles. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Not to need wings because you don’t need to fly away from your country? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled a lever, and the wings began to flap. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The miniature beauty queen had platinum hair, a silver dress, and glittering, translucent wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The colored light shimmered and shone on the wings’ surface and I flexed them joyfully, delighted with how the colors spread and played upon their surfaces. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nita and a kid they call Henry D. play out on the wings. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m sure he’s just experimenting, testing his wings, he’s a sensible fellow, comrade. I trust him ...” “Not like that,” Comrade Pillai said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pound away, soundless as the wet wings of a new butterfly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

When Mr. or Mrs. Pace swooped down flapping parental wings, he was getting precisely what he wanted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Future aeronauts would call these little wings elevators, because they forced the aeroplane up and down in the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their wings were like angels’ wings, except the eagles’ wings were fully unfurled, flying. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She's got a garland on her head and graceful angel wings. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t smothered, only banked, but it would burn like the wings of the seraphim before this was over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The jaegers circled, the longspurs tumbled on their wings, and at last Silver came home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lord Commander reached up to pinch its beak shut, but the raven hopped up on his head, fluttered its wings, and flew across the chamber to light above a window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Two wings had been added to accommodate the yearly accretions of Marine children who came into town as Ravenel Air Base expanded. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart thumps against my rib cage like it has wings. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he gave an agitated flutter of his wings and half flew, half hopped closer to her, bending forward until his great sharp beak was only a few inches from her face. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Holding her breath in excitement, she stopped at a picture of a being with wings just like a hummingbird’s. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The birds flap their wings, probably to go somewhere quieter. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t help staring at the two giant bronze guys with tall bladed wings like letter openers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’m on the stoop outside my house flapping my wings and running with my heavy talons and going nowhere. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Designs of fruit and flowers are carved into the molding and small, fat children with wings look down at us from every angle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She let it go, feeling its wings brush against her fingers before it bobbed away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s the sound of one hundred thousand bee wings fanning the air.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bored birds let her get within inches of them before they lifted their wings and took off. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His crow dæmon opened her wings and uttered a soft “Kaark.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like wings, my feet fly me to Daddy’s door. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He struggled, struggled to rise up, and meet them—he wanted wings to fly upward and meet them in that morning, that morning where they were. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They were hanging on the walls all around her, sitting, roaring, grim-faced, along with peaceful lions with and without wings. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Max kneels on the patio in the dusk, going over his airplane, checking the angle of its wings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Their wings flashed reflections of sun when they jumped. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d always imagined them as huge noble animals, like lions with wings, but these things reminded him more of vicious pack hunters —flying hyenas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar rose and fell with each powerful beat of its wings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The bird began to struggle, to flap its wings, and as soon as it lurched in its fight to fly, pecking at Genie’s hand, he got scared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Mama! The other goslings didn’t know that warm air rises. So I found an updraft and we spent the afternoon circling around and around and hardly flapped our wings at all!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Same one that came to the funeral, rested on the casket, and fluttered its wings. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“All right. Beefs, tater salad, okra. Y’all want fried BBQ wings and fries? And extra sauce for you, Starr baby?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

At his summons, wheeling with a rending cry, in a last desperate race there flew, faster than the winds, the Nazgûl, the Ringwraiths, and with a storm of wings they hurtled southwards to Mount Doom. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just her belly now that felt a flutter like wild soft wings, but her chest where her hearts were, and even her head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Fin unfolded the wings of the leather case; within it were about a dozen knives. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The curtain flaps closed like merciful black wings. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind blows off all my old, scorched feathers, and my new wings let me soar. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I was an angel with stiffened wings strapped on my back with a gold harness. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Or there, almost invisible against a leaf, is the lacewing, with green gauze wings and golden eyes, shy and secretive, descendant of an ancient race that lived in Permian times. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I pictured it in our basement bathroom, its delicate wings set against the coarse cement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She lifted her wings to chase, thought better of it, and folded them to her sides. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

One by one they flapped their wings and took flight, soaring above us, cursing our names and threatening to take their revenge. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The young eagle tucked his head in his wings and scratched in the dirt sorrowfully. The mama chicken walked in that funny chicken strut over to him. ‘ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We need to know how big the wings should be in order to lift my father into the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others rode horses down a wooded trail, and, unless I was hallucinating, some of their horses had wings. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mutations in genes that specified macroscopic structures, such as limbs and wings, were the easiest to spot and the first to be characterized. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Could the little butterfly, asleep in our locust tree, drying his wings off on our rock in the morning, symbolize hope for Ben, too? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What if humans began to evolve and sprout wings?” he said, never breaking his stare at the dark sky. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Not the blue of cornflowers or dragonfly wings or skies, and not of tyranny, either, or murder waiting to happen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The silver horse leapt the flames as if she had wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The butterflies flittered around us, beating their wings gently against the windshield then sitting prettily on the dashboard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Some of the aliens became epileptics after they’d removed their wings. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The statue leaped high in the air, so high the sun framed her and gave her glaring angel wings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If her wings had been solar panels, Nike would’ve produced enough energy to power Miami. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been up for nearly an hour, adding more lace- wings to the potion. It’s ready.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Petey grinned and backed away, gauzy wings fluttering against a wall of corn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They must have gotten the message: I got my wings clipped. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Her wings had gotten wet, and she was drowning. So I plucked her from the water and wrapped her in fern fronds to dry.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The crow, who had been watching all this activity, turned a beady glance on his owner and flapped his wings with such vigor that Gurgi roused himself in alarm. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the implication was clear: if Berkeley could not commit to the medical cyclotron, Harvard was waiting in the wings. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Wart jumped for the sill and automatically gave himself an extra kid: with his wings, just as a high jumper swings his arms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his wings around them and together they fell, not toward the ground but away, into the depths of the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The claws dug hard in Ogion's wrist; the barred wings trembled; the round, gold eye was dull and wild. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

So here I am, my hair dancing about like whiskers behind me, and my hands flapping like wings, flying above the world until Pa summons me away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gwenforte runs out ahead, and the sea sprays up around her like wings. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They will soon fly with angel wings and He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor will mourning or strife or pain. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I felt an overwhelming urge to sprout wings and fly off. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You call it an open mind to believe men flew down from the skies on fiery wings?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Frightful saw the hawks coming, maneuvered her wings, and shot herself up into space like a rocket. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He spoke the truth; even with wings so small, he has the strength to bear my weight. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Taisin was pulled along with her, as if riding in the draft of her wings. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But these were seafaring birds that could span the Pacific with hardly a flutter of the wings. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think about the sky and the birds and wings and wind in my face, like I used to before bed. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had great contempt, born of fear, for the Hamiltons, for they all half believed they had wings—and they got some bad falls that way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And now the stone was gone and she flew across the Dothraki sea, high and higher, the green rippling beneath, and all that lived and breathed fled in terror from the shadow of her wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, imagining that he had enormous wings that would take him soaring into the sky. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It presented a face of definite elegance to the street, although behind that wings and ells dwindled quickly in formality until the house ended in a big plain barn. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wings of Major Maxwell’s nose flare as he looks at Captain Phillips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

One snowy heron soared down, folding its wings in at the last minute, returning to its nest deep in the marsh grass. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer’s shoulder muscles flexed to the rhythm of its wings, urging it on. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I write in it, I feel as if I’ve got a set of wings, and I’m flying over my life and looking down and thinking, Anita, it’s not as bad as you think. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The only way Father could control both the rear rudders and the curving of the wings was with a kind of hip cradle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you not happy? Would you have the moon too, as Kali would have wings?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cupid became visible—a lean, muscular young man with snowy white wings, straight black hair, a simple white frock and jeans. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The wild, soft wings were in a frenzy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The hen shrieked, flapped her wings, and ran off. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

For the flyboys of the air corps, airplanes were mechanisms for transporting troops and supplies to combat zones, armed wings for pursuing enemies, sky-high launching pads for ship-sinking bombs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

My group and I wait in the wings, lined up in our bright costumes, everyone barefoot. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

From above the larches Kehaar sailed down among them, alighted and folded his long, pale gray wings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Holy Mother Church took us under her wings and instructed us in her ways. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the wings stood a large, burly, red-faced man. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He beat his wings once, twice, and flew up in the air high enough to catch a breeze that rode him out over the water. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flapping of the oilcloth resembled the rustling of vast wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After Johnson left, Colonel Meecham walked to his window and peeked through the venetian blinds at the jet planes, their wings folded, sitting just outside the hangar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I do, I discover the secrets of pollination, that honeybees' wings beat two hundred times per second. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Fox wings,” Lazlo told her, as though she might have known. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Presently a grass blade trembled and Miyax saw a young bird fluttering its wings as it begged to be fed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One is a Mercury dime with a head that looks like it has wings for ears. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The pain in me swells, and when I blink, I’m sinking in water, blue and clear, turning gray and brown the deeper I go, bubbles rising and tickling my skin like the fluttering of wings. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In my mind I heard the bees fanning their wings down in the dark music box. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghostly flames danced on the beautiful palaces beneath Old Familiar’s wings, somehow throwing off real heat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The horses pulled away from each other—Tempest thundering in protest, Blackjack flapping his wings. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The bat was so small and lovely, a little animal with wings, and I wanted it to live. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Can they get on with it?” says something that looks a lot like the boy version of Tinkerbell, his small wings buzzing in my ear. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I swear to God, that kid should wear a protective rubber bumper and possibly water wings. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then the thing that faced him changed utterly, spreading out to either side as if it opened enormous thin wings, and it writhed, and swelled, and shrank again. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Boo fluttered to the ground, his wings drooping in exhaustion. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It screamed and struck the air with broad barred wings, and rose up on the wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Pterodactyls had wings formed by a thin skin and muscle membrane stretching from one of their elongated fingers to their hind limbs. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Rhaegal and Viserion were fighting over a scrap of meat, buffeting each other with their wings as smoke hissed from their nostrils. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

ATA wings still tracing a pale outline on the sunken wreck of the breastbone. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Nergal beat his wings to land on the roof of a parked van. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then, holding the heavy bird in one foot, she beat her wings and skimmed over the thistles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He felt it for a moment, his fingers passing over the wings and the breast. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He made his squeak and lifted his wings out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He sent a glance across the white-lacquered grand piano, which we called “Pegasus” because it looked like it had wings. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

A lamassu is pretty much the Persian version of a sphinx: a mishmash animal, with the head of a man, the body of an ox, and the wings of an eagle. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mom portioned grilled chicken wings with barbecue sauce, corn bread, and steamed broccoli onto three plates, and set them out on the table. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

His plaid shirt was open at the collar, but the wings were crisp with starch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The buzzing of grasshopper wings came from the weeds in the yard, and the sound made his backbone loose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Its wings were spread as if preparing to fly, and its hooked talons pierced the boy’s heart. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Agnes, the barn owl who lived with her nestlings in my highest hollow, flapped her wings in annoyance. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The bird took fright and fled with a clatter of wings. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And with another loud peal of laughter he spread his speckled wings and flew out of the window.... Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then in rage the old Dragon of Pendor rose up breaking the tower with the writhing of his body, and beating his wings that spanned the whole width of the ruined town. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

His enemy halted again, facing him, and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In a few moments, he reached the stage and followed Booth into the wings. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her wings around me in a giant feathery hug, and I tolerated it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I could only compare the heavy weight of Dragonwings to the light pair of wings that Father had worn during his visit to the dragon kingdom. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

On “one” I heard the unmistakable flap of wings and then saw Miss Peregrine’s head—her human head—pop up from behind the sheet to even more uproarious applause. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The fairies he knew had looked different, smaller but stronger, with fair blue skin and four shimmering wings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then she spread her wings out real far and flew and landed on top of Winn- Dixie’s head. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Turkeys seem to be manic-depressive types, gobbling with blushing wattles, spread tails, and scraping wings in amorous bravado at one moment and huddled in craven cowardice the next. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hummingbird flits into view with its bejeweled magenta-green chest, its whirring wings. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The only items the commander was interested in were the wings on his back and the multiphase, water-cooled, tri-barreled blaster strapped to his hip—the most powerful production handgun under the world. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

With this sad prediction the owl stepped through his doorway, spread his great wings and was gone, soaring silently downward into the shadowy woods below. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of black wings made of smoke and shadow unfurled from the alcove. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I watched the rest of the play from the wings just offstage, next to Davenport. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the beating of huge wings. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her own pulse had settled, and the wildfire beating of wings in her head had calmed down a little. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Out of a case flew three milky white fairies, their mothlike wings peppered with flecks of black. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It’s a dragonfly with brilliant greenish-blue wings and tiny goggles over its eyes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Through the skunk cabbage, it seemed that the great birds were folding their wings and that flocks of small black messengers arose from their bodies and crawled upon their feathers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cooled off by lifting their wings, panting, and jumping into the icy water. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I aimed to stick a bullet right where his wings hinged to his back. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sparks flew as the electronic wings scraped a protruding pipe. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Underneath Desdemona, beating time against the boards and lifting her up: a pair of wings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Its wing cases were erect, like a ladybird’s about to fly, and the wings inside were beating so furiously that they were only a blur. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His hair is made of snakes, entwined in braids, with wings for his headdress. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body swayed gently, the white oilcloth crumpled around his midsection like a pair of paper wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room, the broken angel is upright, with a stunning crack zigzagging across her back beneath her wings. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden screeching cry, and a great flapping of wings, like wooden clappers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As it lay beneath him, its wings and its body immobile, it merely looked up at him with its dark eyes and blinked. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Then everyone cheered or bayed or neighed or trumpeted or clapped its wings and the royal pair stood looking solemn and a little shy, but all the nobler for their shyness. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the great beast beat its hideous wings, and the wind of them was foul. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sparrow pecked the ground a moment longer before she fluttered her wings and flew above the tree line, over the brick walls, and out of sight. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He stretches his blinding white wings and breathes out fire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s always protected angels with broken wings,” she said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘Find your family. Find your destiny. Find your wings!’ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In response it caws again and spreads its large wings, taking flight and swooping toward the stage, gaining speed as it approaches. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, Boo? Do you have to stretch out your wings now? Must’ve been so tiring just sitting on our shoulders the whole time.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Let go" "The little bird thinks she has wings, does she? Or do you mean to end up crippled like that brother of yours?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Two have wings, and one has a long body with plates along its curved spine. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Albert said something else, but the words were lost to Joseph as a ghostly voice called to him from the attic, and the angel reappeared with outspread wings above an ocean made of fire. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A man much like these men, with his white coattails billowing behind him like a pair of paper wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was long past the point of feeling safe huddling under my parents’ wings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to dodge most of them, but some of them hit my wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a complicated structure, all doors and windows and pillars and wings added on over the years, and also far too bright. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He hit the ground, spreading his wings and tail to cushion his fall. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I fall into the dirt, breathing and gasping and crying—seems like all I ever do is cry—and the dragonflies with their crystal wings still don’t pay me any mind. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When I got my wings, after a most enjoyable year of flight training, I also got some great news. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not wonder at finding him again, just opened her wings and flew out over the field. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The bees in my head fell silent and hugged their wings tight to their bodies. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the rim, a dozen bronze statues of Cupid stood guard with wings spread and bows ready to fire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, though the ornate dragon’s wings that adomed die helm were splendid to look upon, they could too easily catch a sword or axe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It made a sound like a paper bird flapping its wings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Billywig’s wings are attached to the top of its head and are rotated very fast so that it spins as it flies. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held her wings to her body as her flapping was noisy to me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one, clad in orange and black with matching butterfly wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her collarbones like wings that spread from the base of her throat to the ends of her shoulders. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed down on her wings and up with her tail and came to rest on the porch railing of Woodchuck Lodge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then it rose, and circled, and came down again, this time not quite landing, but flapping about his head, beating its wings and making a sound like flat leather pieces being slapped together. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as she tasted it, she began to rise, then fly—not like the Queen Mother—but like a dragonfly with broken wings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rises, a thrashing of wings, up through her trachea—until Yo retches. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“The fly, my dear sir, has one striking feature; its wings are typical of the aërial powers of the psychic faculties. The ancients did well when they typified the soul as a butterfly!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

At the holiday assembly, the words of the alma mater had wings. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The old cormorants stood like crucifixes on the rocks, drying their wings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Backstage between the wings stood the prop table where Nadia kept the big red bow and rhinestone collar, the hair dryer, the rope, and the treats that Stage-Annie uses to entice Ginger. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The doors spread open like bird's wings, and Max and I bolt through them, uncaged. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With one powerful stroke of her wings she was above him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The wall of faded paper took a beating as the wind blew through the fences, ripping some of the more decrepit sheets free and making others flutter like hummingbird wings. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Above them on a stone tablet stands another woman, this time with angel wings: Victory or Death, or maybe both. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only answer was a rush of wings behind him as an owl took flight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The only sound was the flutter of wings. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The ladybug’s shell split, turning into wings as the house came unmoored; neck straining, Grover was dragging it behind him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bënduka is the bent-sideways girl who walks slowly, but bënduka is also the name of a fast-flying bird, the swallow with curved wings who darts crookedly quick through trees near the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wears a plum-colored pantsuit and waits in the wings across from me, guarding the crowns. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There’s a bar in the back, and some kind of hip-hop music playing, and waiters turning sideways to squeeze through the crowd with pints of beer and baskets of chicken wings. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After about an hour, the wings stretch to full size and harden. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Troy had a cocky I-know-something-you-don’t-know look on his face and then he started flapping his arms like wings and making an eek-eek noise. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just before impact, the giant bird splayed open its wings and its webby feet pedaloed cartoonishly. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Its spiny wings were huge compared to its skinny jet body, it had a long snout with wide nostrils, the stubs of horns and bulging, orange eyes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She strokes its wings and then releases it back into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sun gleamed red, and under the wings of the Nazgûl the shadows of death fell dark upon the earth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I could feel it pushing with its wings against my hand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wingfield, I say to myself, imagining him with bright tail feathers and wings. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I glance back once as we climb, taking in the sea of bodies and wings, inkdrop eyes and sharp teeth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You know, like they have in big churches. An angel like that is probably quite valuable, but only if it has both its wings. And he has probably somehow lost one of them.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Tower. Engine explosion! Cockpit lights out. Am commencing starboard turn to avoid populated area. Will attempt to punch out when wings are level. Wish me luck. Over.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They trudged past darter birds on the tops of trees, drying their sodden wings spread out like laundry against the sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed Jaja out to the backyard, watched him hold the wings down under his foot. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later I come across the source of the odor: a plastic garbage bag filled with feathers, down, and the severed wings of several birds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed and lifted her arms into wings. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I moved my fist from side to side, and he lifted his blue-green wings as he held on and scolded furiously. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

A large black wasp with scarlet wings ran over the sand, searching for the spiders that were its prey. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth fled into the wings, slashing his dagger at anyone who got in his way. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady faced the wind, lifted her wings, and was airborne. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

As the silver fairy glided away, the plump fairy tackled another imp, forced a kiss, and in a flash the imp became a thin, Asian-looking fairy with hummingbird wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It had been hastily built and then rooms and floors and wings and decorations had been added on in every which manner, reflecting too many opinions. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt hope rustling its wings inside her, ready to take flight at the right words from Kaz. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She has brought with her bolts of fabric, some of it stiff gold, one that changes color like iridescent beetle wings. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The wind had blown off, leaving a loud bright night with wings beating in the trees and a persistent organ sound as the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

First the death of the man in the blue wings. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The action opened in Watertown, which was painted upon old linens; General Washington stomped out from the wings, his jacket ill-fitting and crude. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A fly stirred its wings softly in his ear. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the wings are bigger Father said only who can play a harp. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above them in the sour red skies, things were circling on huge black wings. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She scooped her wings back then forward and hung above him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The tiny dragon perched on the branch extending over the door of Xan’s tree home, opening his multicolored wings as wide as he could and arching his long neck toward the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Instead of turbans they wore steel or silver caps, some of them set with jewels, and one with little wings on each side of it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Edward beat his wings, but it was no use. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Before an audience of intellectuals, Swammerdam cut away the skin of the silkworm to reveal what appeared to be a tiny model of the future moth inside, from proboscis to antennae to folded wings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She dropped down on it, clutched it, then flapped her wings to get airborne. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Thanks to auxiliary fuel tanks and slender, ultraefficient Davis wings, it could fly literally all day, a decisive asset in the sprawling World War II theaters. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Why won’t this three-eyed crow come to us? Why couldn’t he meet us at the Wall? Crows have wings. My brother grows weaker every day. How long can we go on?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They went up, up, up, trilling dew from their wings, and busily rested, and sang, and sang. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bring ... bring ...” Viserion launched himself from the ceiling, pale leather wings unfolding, spreading wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It had the body of a panther—sleek, black, and feline—with the wings and head of an eagle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Their little waists rose up tight and slender in the middle, and their cheeks were red and their eyes bright, under the wings of shining, sleek hair. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry hissed, springing up and pulling Dobby back onto the bed — Hedwig had woken up with a particularly loud screech and was beating her wings wildly against the bars of her cage. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The wings had been hacked off and tossed aside in a heap. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The crowd was blurry and colorful around her—someone’s tutu and butterfly wings, a person with a unicorn head, Benjamin Franklin, and a group of people with neon-colored wigs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She is coming toward us, pumping her wings with quick, strong strokes. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the left side of the case on yellowing paper was a tiny pencil sketch of a beautiful angel, his wings outstretched. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Like thunder, like an avalanche, like the war cry of the seraphim who had come on wings of fire and cleansed the world of demons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and let her ears fill with wings beating air and early acorns falling onto the soft pad of pine needles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Their wings have a special pattern of interlocked feathers so they can fly silently through the air,” Kaylee is saying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Stronger recognition briefly tickled the back of his mind—a flutter of wings in a dark corner, unseen but there all the same. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He capered around in his stall, his black wings buffeting the air. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A bird, it had been, about the size of a very small chicken only with a fantail and stubby wings that slammed against its body and made loud noise. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the wings were trapped again by the filmy, almost invisible strands of the web, and the black legs kicked at the air. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she spread her wings, was lifted by an updraft of wind, and spiraled skyward on a warm thermal. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Slowly the white wings of the boat moved against the blue cool limit of the sky. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

As I was halfway across the street, I heard clapping behind me, almost like the birds’ wings outside Mr. Black’s window. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Malverns'd disappeared behind wings of rain, beating just fields away. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The season had been brief; the flash of bird wings, the thunder of migrating herds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I loved those ugly little bats, the way they darted past, their wings in a furious blur. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Try telling that to anyone who has heard his mother scream, “Here come the king bats!” followed by the poisonous fluttering of wings. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The great insect landed at once, its red and yellow gleaming like enamel, and its filmy wings stiff and still on either side. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He set his eyes on some distant goal, bowed his wings, and flew southward as silently as the shadow he cast. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always talking about the woods, the berries that grew there, the strange haunting cries of some of the birds, the loud sound their wings made when they were disturbed and flew up suddenly. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled against the weight of their bodies, until it was no longer hands that held me, but wings of blood-gummed feathers studded with a thousand eyes and writhing tongues. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Sarah and Miss Rose soared over the glade, their brilliant black wings spread wide. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ella plucked a feather from her wings and turned it in her fingers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Taylor is already dressed and in makeup, and she stands in the wings doing some awkward vocal warm-up that she invented herself. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It rose flapping its wings and disappeared into the clouds, to a send-off of applause, whistlings, handkerchiefs, drumrolls, and the sprinkling of holy water. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baruch seemed younger, as Balthamos had said he was, and was more powerfully built, his wings snow-white and massive. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The scarf falls over my mouth as I wave my wings. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The colors on the wide wings changed and moved. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The tiny golden ball was held tight in his fist, beating its wings hopelessly against his fingers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Christ, the way the world’s going now you may even luck out and get your wings when there’s a war going on.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Andeg greeted Omakayas with fluttering wings, ducking his head to accept a little scratch, cooing with a sweet and gurgling sound. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

However, his arms encircled the angel’s wings, cramping them to his side. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Germogen shook his wings and nestled them back against his body carefully. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Clayton had once dropped the shaker, breaking the tip of one of its wings. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

On one of the arms below him, Bull glimpsed the bent wings of a corporal’s chevrons. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big, fluffy Persian leaped, and I thought I glimpsed...wings as it sailed over me and landed by the door, blocking any escape. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She felt the brush of fur-soft wings against her lips, but that was all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His spear remained in Drogon’s back, wobbling as the dragon beat his wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He saw a couch upholstered with flowers that shaded from lavender to rose like the feathers on a dove’s wings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy,” Rachel whispered, “the wings. Do you think—” “Get them,” I said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A thrush had wings, tail, eyes, legs—apparently everything. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the papers fold themselves into elaborate shapes: pyramids and helixes and paper birds with rustling wings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Up went the hawk, swooping like a child flung high in a swing, until the wings folded and he was sitting in a tree. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other is a tiny, delicate girl, her skin the dappled brown of a doe, her hair a cloud of white around her head, and a miniature pair of blue-gray butterfly wings on her back. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now the pilots could sit and eat on the wings of their aircraft, ready to take off at any moment when the enemy turned up to interrupt their meal. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They resemble flocks of butterflies opening and closing their wings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed a dome-shaped aviary full of black-and-white impundulus, barely mindful to cover their heads as the birds beat their massive wings and sent sparks of lightning into the sky. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Heavy cans full of fuel for the planes were attached to her wings and stacked up in the rear cockpit, weighing down the little Po-2 so that skimming the treetops was even more hazardous. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Five of them were fluttering over the top of the dimes—plump little hags with pinched faces and talons and feathery wings too small for their bodies. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know ... sounds like wings to me.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Of Númenor he spoke, its glory and its fall, and the return of the Kings of Men to Middle-earth out of the deeps of the Sea, borne upon the wings of storm. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All the names would be listed on the two huge wings of the wall, etched into black granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A creature half the size of a man, with leathery wings and hooked claws, was crawling over the side of the basket toward Lee Scoresby. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The night was not dark enough to hide what lay on the lawn outside: a shapeless mound of ashes, pale gray in the moonlight, gray as moth wings, gray as burnt paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then came the chains and ships, and pain and whips, and the people’s wings fell or were torn off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She had a delicate, chiseled face, black eyebrows angled like a soaring seagull’s wings, a small straight nose and luminous, nut- brown skin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It says: “Away! Now spread your wings and fly.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A wan reflection of myself, white wings, brown ponytail and all, ghosted over the landscape. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But when the sun sank low they would return, descending from the sky on night-black wings until every branch of every tree was thick with them for yards around. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The fly was beating its wings furiously, trying to break loose and free itself. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Now what kind of a bird can that be, with no wings?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the first plane, her husband controlled the wings and she could see his eyes set with purpose and she knew that he was at this moment a supremely happy man. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when we are dead, We all have wings. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My dad looked out at the wings, with their flaps moving up and down. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had short blue hair and silvery wings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A man with a horse’s body where his legs should be, tiny little ladies that had wings big enough to carry them in the air, and a guy with a bull’s head. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

They beat their wings at her face and hair, the stream of them parting around her like a river around a rock. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I made up names for them and clipped their wings and before long they were as tame as their parents. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In midflight the dragon-Ged raised wings, stopped, and stooped as the hawk stoops, talons outstretched downward, striking and bearing the other down by neck and flank. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon and the place looked pretty empty, but we ripped off our wings as quickly as we could. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Butterflies open and close their wings, exposing their dress's inner rib cage. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

More arai leaped from the black trees, flapping their leathery wings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Two bats required stitches on torn wings and, though they made a great effort to remain still while Solovet slid the needle in and out of their skin, the process was clearly agonizing for them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every spoiled kid in Haven had a Hummingbird for their wilderness holidays, and here were the LEP with wings that were junk when they were new. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Fledge glided down, spread out his four legs, closed his wings, and landed cantering. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Chester lifted the black wings that were carefully folded across his back and with a quick, expert stroke drew the top one over the bottom. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cookie zipped right by the bird’s head and all the bird did was raise its wings once and look behind it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without warning, twelve-foot wings flapped open on either side of Harry; he just had time to seize the hippogriff around the neck before he was soaring upward. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

That night I called my mother and asked her to help me make turkey wings. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the brush drawings it looks like the ideograph for “human,” two black wings. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z