With feathered oars he cleaves the skies, and straight / on Libya's shores alighting, speeds his hest.
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Alighting
Synonyms for "alighting" (189 found)
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Verb(16 words)
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Adjective(19 words)
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On arriving at the change-house of the village of Wolf's Hope, he unexpectedly met with an acquaintance just alighting from his horse.
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The Eagles are a dangerous 'machine'. I have used them sparingly, and that is the absolute limit of their credibility or usefulness. The alighting of a Great Eagle of the Misty Mountains in the Shire is absurd; it also makes the later capture of G. by Saruman incredible, and spoils the account of his escape.
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We compared the frequencies of alightings on hosts with those predicted from random transect data.
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