Sentence examples for be borne on a from inspiring English sources

But the disease, which can be borne on a zephyr of wind, on the tires of cars or on shoes and clothes, is so contagious that the standard response is to destroy infected animals rapidly.

The solar disk, Tonatiuh, was supposed to be borne on a litter from the east to the zenith, surrounded by the souls of dead warriors, and from the zenith to the west among a retinue of divinized women, the Cihuateteo.

There had already been concerns that radical foes of Mrs. Thatcher's wrenching, market-driven social and economic changes would seek to disrupt her funeral, during which her coffin is to be borne on a horse drawn gun-carriage through central London along a route lined by 700 military personnel leading to St . Pauls Cathedral.

Mr Stückl encourages this: the high priest is borne on a litter like the papal one.

But this welcome blizzard is borne on a whirlwind of obfuscatory hype.

One to six flowers with ribbonlike petals are borne on a stalk nearly 90 cm tall.

The 4- to 6-centimetre (2-inch) flower is borne on a 20-cm reddish stalk.

The leaves are folded, and the flowers are borne on a spike at the tip of the plant.

A cube-shaped cage with gridded sides that contains a giant eyeball is borne on a cart with big, antique wagon wheels.

Those genera have sepals that are fused; there are no petals; and the stamens and ovary are borne on a stalk.

In his jam-packed "Seven Deadly Sins," designed circa 1532 54, Pride is borne on a golden chariot but outshone by a vainglorious horseman leading the procession.