Other Word Forms
- kiteflier noun
- kiteflyer noun
Etymology
Origin of kiteflying
Example Sentences
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Washington's Park Police, however, recently have grown almost neurotically literalminded about kites ever since an underground newspaper asked for a permit to stage a kiteflying contest.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Smithsonian Institution was then denied a permit to hold its annual kiteflying carnival on the spacious Mall between the Capitol and Washington Monument.
From Time Magazine Archive
One sergeant leading a miscreant away was heard to bark: "The charge is kiteflying."
From Time Magazine Archive
The earth that has been carrying war around the sun has carried as well the work and the relaxations, the moviegoing, horse racing, kiteflying, card-playing, visiting, talking, worshiping life of man.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there was one sport that he liked as well as his companions; that was kiteflying.
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