Winged

//wɪŋ(ɪ)d//

"Winged" in a Sentence (14 examples)

I didn't prepare a presentation, so I just winged it.

Insects are the only winged arthropods.

Dragons are creatures that are long like snakes, winged like birds, and wise like men.

Wingless insects are less scary than winged ones.

He's flying on a winged horse.

One day you wake up like a skylark, a winged express at its fastest, devising pursuits to embark on, but this disappears by breakfast.

"She, hurling Jove's winged lightning, stirred the deep / and strewed the ships. Him, from his riven breast / the flames outgasping, with a whirlwind's sweep / she caught and fixed upon a rock's sharp crest."

So now to winged Love this mandate she addressed: / "O son, sole source of all my strength and power, / who durst high Jove's Typhoean bolts disdain, / to thee I fly, thy deity implore."

Thrice round the neck with longing I essayed / to clasp the phantom in a wild delight; / thrice, vainly clasped, the visionary shade / mocked me embracing, and was lost to sight, / swift as a winged wind or slumber of the night.

The butterfly is a winged caterpillar. The beetle covers its wings with cases. The glowworm shines at night.

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The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.

weak-winged

The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.

Come Tamburlain, now whet thy winged ſword And lift thy loftie arme into the cloudes, That it may reach the King of Perſeas crowne, And ſet it ſafe on my victorious head.

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