Sentence examples for on its wing from inspiring English sources

Characteristically, it has 19 spots on its wing covers, but there may be no spots at all.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported last week that Oracle Team USA, the American team that will defend the Cup, is changing the black skin on its wing sail to a transparent film to make it easier to see and thus find a crew member if one were to end up in the water after an accident.

And the Canadian Lark sports a helpful "Canada" on its wing.

Circles of light shine on its wing, picking out the dark-centred feathers, edged in gold like intricate marquetry.

Every feather after overlapping feather glowed golden brown, the alternate dark and light blocks on its wing edges were sharp and delineated.

"See that little white stigma on its wing," Ms. Winn said, pointing to a tiny moth, hardly a half-inch in size.

The Columbia, the earliest of the shuttles, did have temperature sensors on its wings' leading edges when it was introduced two decades ago, the officials said.

It had pennaceous feathers on its wings that were clearly adapted for flight: They were asymmetrically shaped and overlapping in such a way as to make them more aerodynamic.

Other times, of course, tribulation may come as an angel, carrying ecstatic promises, lifting one up through lack of consequence on its wings, only to fall from a greater height at some future date.

For one thing, Archaeopteryx probably had black feathers on its wings.

If the butterfly or moth has nothing to perch on, its wings will not form properly and it will die.[5].