Example Sentences

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The frog is the second nonflying critter spotted on the crossing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

“I said, ‘OK, you are the nonflying Valkyrie,’” Zambello said.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Bats are thought to have first evolved from nonflying mammals around this time.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 11, 2023

Bar-Yohay showed off a nonflying Alice prototype at the 2019 Paris Air Show, moved operations to leased hangars at Arlington Municipal Airport in late 2020, and substantially redesigned the airplane last year.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2022

He makes spaceships — funky, fantastical, nonflying vehicles imbued with both the sleek glimmer of actual rockets and the ragged disorder of a street vendor’s stall.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2019