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  • adjective airborne

Etymologies

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sky +‎ borne

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Examples

  • The labor force to maintain all this skyborne beauty in immaculate condition was nowhere in sight; the simple animals and the more complex machines that supervised them had been ordered to remain in concealment until the meeting was over.

    Tin 2010

  • It was planned that the dragons would be visible protection, charring Thread while it was still skyborne and protecting the dwellings and the livestock of the colonists.

    Artichoke Christian Bell 2010

  • As the sun gentled into the sea, clouds gathered like skyborne sheep about the cliffs overhead.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • As the sun gentled into the sea, clouds gathered like skyborne sheep about the cliffs overhead.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • As the sun gentled into the sea, clouds gathered like skyborne sheep about the cliffs overhead.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • The Moes are all solid singers (notably the George Foreman-size Eskew) and turbo-driven dancers (Sams's skyborne splits mix Michael Jordan with the Nicholas Brothers).

    Mac Attack: Here Comes Mr. Jordan 2008

  • Finally, Mark Twain plunged back in to Tom Sawyer, his draft pages mounting in his skyborne den.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • I checked my watch-we'd been skyborne for a good two hours.

    The Angel Experiment Patterson, James, 1947- 2005

  • Finally, Mark Twain plunged back in to Tom Sawyer, his draft pages mounting in his skyborne den.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • In minutes, two humans and one Hoka were skyborne.

    Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000

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