winged

Example Sentences

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In the pandemic, a slide portrayed surviving startups as winged unicorns escaping a gulch—the “Valley of Coronavirus.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

They examined winged adults that were actively searching for hosts and compared them with wingless adults collected from deer after they had adopted their parasitic lifestyle.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

The winged insects are the farm's signature butterfly and are bred at its sister farm in Belize.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The turn-of-the-century molds in his studio — which use botanic motifs, blossoming forms with metallic winged and floral attachments — look like desk toppers fit for an early 1900s eccentric obsessed with Darwinism and industrialization.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

I’ve just started to draw a new winged leopard when I hear a ball bouncing.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko