The white-winged black tit flitted through the acacia, catching insects beneath the leaves.

The narrow-winged tree cricket perched on the garden fence, its chirping marking the slow passage of evening.

At dusk, narrow-winged tree crickets began their delicate chorus among the willow branches.

The board's micromanagement tendency will clip someone's wings before any creative idea can take flight.

A recruit must earn one's wings before being entrusted with independent missions.

To try one's wings, you sometimes have to leave home and face the world alone.

On Sundays in late autumn, the long afternoons seemed to fly with leaden wings, stretching each minute into a reluctant hour.

Crow Wing County, whose county seat is Brainerd, is renowned for its lakes and attracts visitors year-round for fishing and outdoor recreation.

To singe one's wings by betting everything on a single, volatile stock is an easy way to ruin one's finances.

After the long migration, the exhausted stork flew with leaden wings toward the distant marsh.