Sentence examples for they were overhead from inspiring English sources

(Worryingly, Mr Zell told the writers and editors at Tribune's Washington bureau that they were "overhead" because they do not produce revenue).Others in the industry are comparatively better off.

We didn't come upon them; a rustling of leaves, a sharp smell, and suddenly they were overhead, watching us from the deep caverns under their slabs of forehead and tufts of red hair.

But unlike Iraq, where they control the airspace, the Americans had to jam the Assad regime's air defence system each time they were overhead, a procedure which had to be handled with care with a mistake resulting in missiles possibly being launched and bringing down a drone – another complication in a complex scenario.

They're overhead, glimmering down on the minimalist patio.

We have to stop them on the horizon, not when they're overhead.

Assuming that the irregularities drift horizontally at nearly the same altitude, the range and hence the estimated virtual height are higher when the irregularities are in the off-zenith than when they are overhead.

The main reason why ground-based observers overestimate overcast cloud cover seems to be that clouds with vertical extents appear to fill a greater fraction of the sky when located near the horizon than when they are overhead (Rangarajan et al. 1984).

They are overhead, far away, buzzing in the distance.

By the way, they're also not borrowing a lot of money right now, so they are overhead reluctant".

There is no evidence that an aircraft has ever been shot down because of FR24, but it's impossible to rule out the possibility that bad guys have moved or remained hidden because they knew hostile aircraft were overhead or on their way.

Attack helicopters were overhead.