Soaring

Examples

• They are often described as _flying_ reptiles, and pictures are drawn of Mesozoic scenery in which they are seen soaring and swooping about. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• George said, with a puff of his cigar, which went soaring up skywards. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Langley had adopted wings that slanted upward from the point at which they joined, copying the wings of a soaring buzzard. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then he was gay as a lark carolling from its skiey tower, soaring in thought as an eagle, innocent as the mild-eyed dove. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• They seemed only to throw her own exceptionalness into becoming relief, and give a soaring vastness to her scheme of life. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• As a legislator, he affords a bright example of a genius soaring above corruption, and continually aiming at the happiness of his constituents. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• O running stream of sparkling joy To be a soaring human boy! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They do not rise at once, but require an initiative force for soaring which they obtain by running on the ground before spreading their wings. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Roaring dryer, soaring higher--Old Clem! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Then the button which controlled the repulsive rays sent us soaring far out into space. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

Edited by Astor