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Meanings of wheel overhead in English

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Usage of wheel overhead in English
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They wait; the stars wheel overhead, the captives shiver where they sit.
The good son: a novel
2
The black swifts wheel overhead, and the white-breasted swallows float in the azure.
Hodge and His Masters
3
A few turkey buzzards wheel overhead, making their ugly conversation.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
4
The pool is set in a terrace of white brain coral; frigate birds wheel overhead.
The Guardian
5
The sky seemed to wheel overhead, as though the city were its turning hub and the universe its outer rim.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
6
They seem to anticipate our design, for on the moment they rise and wheel overhead with elevated crests, uttering their shrill hoarse cries.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World
7
A flight of mallard wheels overhead and glides down towards the water.
Waiting for the Barbarians
8
A solitary bird wheels overhead, so high up it breathes a different air.
Shadowland
9
Moons wheeled overhead; silver-gray orbs, pockmarked with meteorite impacts, spun in wide orbits.
First Strike
10
Birds wheeled overhead and the breeze from the southeast was mild and cool.
The wandering fire
11
The owl wheeled overhead and sailed back toward the Ventnor buildings.
Shadowland
12
A dull light filled the air, and carrion birds wheeled overhead.
Siege of heaven
13
Gulls and other seabirds wheeled overhead, screeching in the steamy air.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
14
Ravens cawed and wheeled overhead, their raucous cries full of malice.
The Lair of Bones
15
Gulls wheeled overhead, shrieking, as he drew nearer to the beach.
Crucifixion river
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A tern wheeled overhead, and then dipped toward the water.
The wave: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the oce...
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