When one stretched one's wings for the first time, life suddenly felt full of possibility.

Traveling abroad is a great way of stretching one's wings and gaining confidence.

Before leaving the nest, the young gull stretches one's wings and practices gliding above the waves.

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.

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

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

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.

The tired guardian flies with leaden wings above the sleeping city every night.