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Meanings of flying close in English

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Usage of flying close in English
1
They shouted and sent bullets flying close to my head, the captain wrote.
Reuters
2
They were now flying close to the railroad tracks.
The Rover Boys in New York; Or, Saving Their Father's Honor
3
The gull was flying close to us now, and a cold wind swept the sunny sea.
The Roadmender
4
Holly skirted the hull of a passenger ferry, flying close enough to feel the engine's pulse.
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
5
A cannon ball, flying close to him, caused him to duck and bend over his horse.
War and Peace
6
Looking up, a herdsman saw a bird flying close to the ground and then falling to earth.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
7
That matched the account from the co-pilot of an Avianca plane flying close by at the time.
Reuters
8
High winds yesterday prevented them from flying close to mountains, but today the weather was calm and clear.
Wired
9
The guns were excellently aimed, the seven shot flying close over our heads and passing through our sails.
The Log of a Privateersman
10
From our frame of reference, time flows extremely slowly on a spaceship flying close to the speed of light.
Taking care of gods
11
They said helicopters were flying close over the top of the forest, where there is a network of roads.
Radio NZ
12
I'm making a short movie about BASE jumping, with a focus on flying close to stuff in a wingsuit.
Climbing Magazine
13
So their quasi-rococo ornament in St Gallen might be surprising, if it wasn't that we like flying close to vulgarity.
The Guardian
14
Troops of ducks were hastening back to Lake Barnett, flying close, although they knew it not, to Mrs Joliffe's saucepan.
The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
15
We also did a lot of formation flying close to the ground which trained you to stay close together in formation.
The Biography of a Rabbit
16
Now he had been high and now low; now almost beyond hearing, now flying close to crashings and shouts and outcries.
The War in the Air
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