bird's-eye
Example Sentences
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He shifts effortlessly between bird’s-eye panoramas of battles and empires and close-up historical family dramas or images of himself rumbling along in a truck on dirt roads to visit the sites where things happened.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
The movie opens with a bird’s-eye view of Los Angeles’ picturesque skylines, reservoirs and grassy hillsides before the bold-faced title appears, accompanied by ominous music courtesy of legendary composer John Williams.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
Those sitting in the second tier and gallery had a breathtaking bird's-eye view of the action as Jonas hit the canvas in the ninth after a slip.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
A quantum computer, he says, has a bird’s-eye view of the same maze, which makes it easier to see the optimum pathway all at once.
From Science Magazine • May 30, 2024
From a bird’s-eye view—the historian’s view—the Scientific Revolution is a long, slow process, beginning with Tycho Brahe and ending with Newton.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
