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Meanings of outstretched wings in English

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Usage of outstretched wings in English
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Its only mode of locomotion was a staggering run with outstretched wings.
Last and First Men
2
The former represents an angel, standing with outstretched wings by a little child.
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
3
The armor and visors of my soldiers protected all but a few outstretched wings.
Vrin: ten mortal gods
4
Still soaring, with outstretched wings, he sought the upper sky.
Wood Magic: A Fable
5
Here the tall rhea, the American ostrich, with outstretched wings runs swiftly across the plain.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
6
On the other was an eagle with outstretched wings.
The House of the Wolf: A Romance
7
He stopped and watched a crescent of small dark bodies plane down on outstretched wings.
The Girl from Keller's
8
Twenty feet from the ground they twitched their outstretched wings and broke their precipitous falls.
Perdido Street Station
9
The sky was deep blue, and above their heads the eagle was circling with outstretched wings.
Heidi / (Gift Edition)
10
Its outstretched wings were about eight feet across, and it fastened its sharp claws upon him.
A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future
11
Lightly did they rise on outstretched wings, and swiftly did they fly until they reached land.
Celtic Tales, Told to the Children
12
Nicholas rolled over again and faced the outstretched wings of the noseless angel on the nearest tombstone.
The Voice of the People
13
With mighty strides and outstretched wings the giant bird rushed in furious rage to defend its nest.
The Settler and the Savage
14
High overhead floated the royal standard, a raven with outstretched wings, called by the Norwegians the land-waster.
Stories from English History
15
To her imagination it seemed as if some gigantic bird with outstretched wings were hovering on high.
A Love Episode
16
On the fifth day, I shall create the birds; so will he fashion the cherubim with outstretched wings.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1
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