wing-weary
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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 The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems by Victor, Frances Fuller
She had returned as a dove, to the ark from the wild waste of waters, wing-weary, faint, frightened—fluttering into this holy place, conscious of safety.
From The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
For man may stumble in a furrow; the stag tumble from a cliff; the hawk, wing-weary and beaten, with darkness around him and the storm behind, may dash his brains against a tree.
From Irish Fairy Tales by Stephens, James
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 The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various
I think you must have been a little wing-weary when you wrote your last letter to me.
From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar
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