Beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions flashing silvery in the sunlight.
Source: tatoeba (5825136)
Pinions
Synonyms for "pinions" (89 found)
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Sample sentences
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The bird, (this kingfisher, nesting in the sea) is covered with feathers, flies with pinions, and has two wings, and as many pedida, a tail, and a bill. The female, in a nest, lays eggs, and incubating those, hatches chicks.
Source: tatoeba (7315224)
The heat treatment of pinions produced from this material consists in carburizing at a temperature of from 1,600 to 1,650 °F.
Source: tatoeba (11301603)
The bird was a dark blotch against the perfect blue sky for several seconds, and then, suddenly folding his pinions and closing his tail, he darted downward like a bomb dropped from an aeroplane.
Source: tatoeba (11618028)
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