wing-weary

American  

[wing-weer-ee] / ˈwɪŋˌwɪər i /

adjective

1. tired from flying or traveling.

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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)

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