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 bird's-eye view from drones gives us a huge boost in situational awareness," explained a spokesperson from the LFB.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 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
You have a bird’s-eye view in some scenes.
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2025
She steadies herself against the whorled bird’s-eye maple console table in our foyer, my parents’ first flea market find as a couple, years before they had me.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
