wing-weary
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Wing-weary bumblebee, rampant scullery-mouse, capering managerial wingman … it can only be Barney Ronay on Spurs v Manchester City .
From The Guardian
Similarly, Villas-Boas deserves credit for bringing on the more physically imposing Tom Huddlestone for a battered-looking Parker, who spent his hour on the pitch buzzing around Yaya Touré like a wing-weary bumblebee trying to bring down an articulated lorry.
From The Guardian
I think you must have been a little wing-weary when you wrote your last letter to me.
From Project Gutenberg
Said one to me: "I seem to be— Like a bird blown out to sea, In the hurricane's wild track— Lost, wing-weary, beating back Vainly toward a fading shore, It shall rest on nevermore."
From Project Gutenberg
It may show poor taste, but to me, in those regions of the upper ether wherein Tennyson, Mrs. Browning, and Shelley grow wing-weary, he soars on strong, free pinion.
From Project Gutenberg
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