bright-winged

If smoking truly predisposed subjects to lung cancer much like bright-winged moths might be predisposed to being hunted by predators, then the smokers would begin to succumb to cancer at an increased rate.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

If smoking truly predisposed subjects to lung cancer much like bright-winged moths might be predisposed to being hunted by predators, then the smokers would begin to succumb to cancer at an increased rate.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

If smoking truly predisposed subjects to lung cancer much like bright-winged moths might be predisposed to being hunted by predators, then the smokers would begin to succumb to cancer at an increased rate.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

A vee of smaller bright-winged forces also shot through the blue-black darkness.

Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

His acquisition of the real Goya rather beautifully illustrated the cobweb of vested interests and passions, which mesh the bright-winged fly of human life.

To Let 2004

Vegetation rich, profuse, endless, rapid, smothering, in all shades of vivid green, from the pea-green of spring and the dark velvety green of endless summer to the yellow-green of the plumage of the palm, riots in a heavy shower every night and the heat of a perennial sun-blaze every day, while monkeys of various kinds and bright-winged birds skip and flit through the jungle shades.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Probably it was like a chrysalis, dormant, independent of sustenance; the bright-winged image to be called at some future time to life by a great shouting of angelic hosts and noises of musical instruments slept secure, coffined in that dull, gross nature.

Green Mansions 2004

From the thinner thorns the bell-shaped nests of the Loxia depend, waving in the breeze, and the wood resounds with the cries of bright-winged choristers.

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

Tall feather-leaved trees, full of rich fragrance, bright-winged insects and caroling birds, confronted a grassy slope which led down to sparkling sea waters.

Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000

I was too precious, too delicate and bright-winged now, too much sweetness in me, like a wedding dress on a laundry line, that moth landing in a swaying ocean of lace -- or a clear plastic bag of sleep, opened, sparkling in the breeze.

De Sade's Daughters 1997