eyrie
noun
eyry
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a variation of
eyrie.
Example Sentences
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Its chief nesting stronghold is in the Castiles, where, in the Sierra de Gredos, we found an eyry with young in May.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck
From his eyry he saw a light flickering in the stunted growth far down Jerusalem, zigzagging nearer.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
Balanced far above its prey, and, soon as the right moment came, ready to pounce down, and fly away with the treasure in its talons to its crying eyry!
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
The bald eagle never glanced so fiercely from his eyry.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various
He has built his house, like the eagle his eyry, on a bold high cliff overhanging the lake.
From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
