wingbeat

The water flows through our fingers, ice melts precisely because of the warmth of our hands, flowers fade in sunlight, and even birds carry themselves away with a single wingbeat.

Cato's Dog Was Right W.F. Lantry 2011

I was used to wingbeat cycles, not Superman-style antics.

Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

I was used to wingbeat cycles, not Superman-style antics.

Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

Outdoors a huge black bird came flapping with a crow's laborious wingbeat.

Updike, John 2010

Each wingbeat is controlled by a separate nerve impulse, unlike flies and bees, whose wingbeats depend on a pulsating vibration of the upper plates of the thorax.

Insect Vehicles, Part 1 James Gurney 2009

Each wingbeat is controlled by a separate nerve impulse, unlike flies and bees, whose wingbeats depend on a pulsating vibration of the upper plates of the thorax.

Archive 2009-08-01 James Gurney 2009

It is not strong like the eagle; its wingbeat does not have that breadth and boldness - but neither does it belong to the grey and twittering breed of sparrows.

Karin Boye - a biographical profile - 5 David McDuff 2009

It's greening up with a triangle of milk white swans wingbeat after wingbeat past past

Susanne Jorn greenintegerblog 2008

Look for a slow wingbeat that takes place mostly below the horizontal plane of the body.

Field Guide: Know Your Waterfowl 2004

On the Wing Look for its tiny size, sharply pointed wings, a wingbeat nearly as swift as a diving duck's, and a short neck and tail.

Field Guide: Know Your Waterfowl 2004