overhead
Example Sentences
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As helicopters circled overhead, sirens descended on her suburb, and people ran screaming down her street on 14 December, Mary felt a grim sense of deja vu.
From BBC
Some cried or hugged each other at the morning ceremony, with a surf lifesaving helicopter hovering overhead, television images showed.
From Barron's
The overheads are steep, particularly for an industry that has long enjoyed high margins supported by relatively compact stores.
Brekke’s commitment to preserving the pleasures of theatergoing has made the Mayer a local sensation, but with a large asterisk looming overhead.
From Salon
The flight attendant explained to Gomez that many able-bodied passengers request wheelchairs for “the VIP experience”—an escort down the jetway that lets them skip the lines and gives them first crack at overhead space.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
