wheel overhead

Frequency: 5.01.5 per million words

to fly in wide circles in the sky above

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Examples (10)

  • A lone hawk began to wheel overhead, its eyes fixed on the field below.
  • The vultures wheeled overhead in slow, graceful circles in the desert heat.
  • We looked up to see a flock of gulls wheel overhead as the fishing boat arrived.
  • The eagles wheeled overhead, riding the thermal currents of the deep canyon.
  • It was mesmerizing to watch the starlings wheel overhead in a complex formation.
  • The reconnaissance plane would wheel overhead for hours at a time during the mission.
  • Large black crows often wheel overhead whenever a summer storm is approaching.
  • As the sun set, bats began to wheel overhead in their nightly search for insects.
  • The rescue helicopter wheeled overhead, searching the dense forest for any sign of survivors.
  • Several kites were seen to wheel overhead during the vibrant windy afternoon at the park.