Sentence examples for bursts of flight from inspiring English sources

The breast muscles are the main muscles of the wings, which are used by chickens only for occasional short bursts of flight.

The short, rounded wings, powered by strong breast muscles (the white meat of the chicken), are indicative of the need for short, rapid bursts of flight, such as the escape from predators.

The parrot of the title is a deceased bird in a cage – a metaphor for the bejewelled courtesan that Tully becomes – which she learns to resurrect to bursts of flight.

Such mutant flies could be capable of short bursts of flight, but lack endurance for longer flights.

Similarly, Valdivieso et al. [73] inferred that Erophylla is suited for short bursts of flight based on their study of lactate dehydrogenase isozymes.

The standard predator escape mechanism for ducklings is to run to water and swim away from the bank [ 30], whereas for jungle fowl chicks, the predator escape mechanism involves periods of immobility and short bursts of flight [ 31], neither of which require intensive or prolonged use of the legs.

The only option that remained to them was a burst of flight to the outside, every ant for herself.

Nicrophorus vespilloides individuals engaged in a wide range of flight schedules, with some showing only very short bursts of flying activity while others engaged in longer and more sustained flights.

Once upon a time we were creatures that responded to existential threats presented by a predator with sudden bursts of adrenalin, the flight-or-fight reflex.

In The New York Times, A. O. Scott praised the way the film's "bursts of color" and flights of imagination animated "the moods and sensations" of Frida Kahlo's art.

The resulting score invites you to hear the elusive music — driving passages with pounding timpani, quizzically restrained lyrical flights, bursts of skittish fanfares — on its own terms, apart from its dramatic context.