And when they have been abroad in the Wars in foreign Countries, they have with great Lamentation brought with them dead Cats and Kites into Egypt, when in the mean time they have been ready to starve for want of Provision.
If she has gone North, then that is where the kites are wheeling!
A row ofkites sat on the roof of one, and in the gutter near it three gorged vultures sat on the remains of a mule.
When a camel dies in the Khyber do the kites ask why?
Flights of kites passed over our heads, probably attracted by some carcass not far distant.
Numerous cows grazing, and flocks of kites soaring in the air, enlivened the otherwise monotonous landscape.
The beautiful flight and the loud screams of these kites of the sea are indelibly impressed upon the memory of most Anglo-Indians.
Kites and other birds of prey remain for long periods on the wing; they, too, can sail and soar, but they do not literally hang in the air as the vultures do.
I had been for some time thus employed, when I heard the sound of wings close above me, and looking up, saw, with a feeling of no small alarm, a flight of kites hovering near my head.
Presently a number of kites and buzzards approached from far and near, though an instant before not a bird was to be seen, and alighted on the same spot.
Bustard-chicks emit a plaintive whistle so precisely similar to that of the kites that (when hatched out under a domestic hen) the foster-mother has been so terrified as to desert her brood.
Kites beat along the stony hills, where wheatears and stonechats fluttered incessant, with dippers and sandpipers on the burn below.
This would be about 1825; kiteswere then very numerous here, and even destroyed poultry.
Strychnine was on one occasion put into the dead body of a horse, and the result was that a large number of kites were (intentionally) poisoned.
The soaring kites that were a mile away seemed suddenly close, passing in a moment from the size of gnats to birds with a fabulous stretch of wing.
Old Belon, two hundred years ago, gives a curious account of the incredible armies of hawks and kites which he saw in the spring-time traversing the Thracian Bosphorus from Asia to Europe.
Cody--and so the idea of man-lifting kites developed.
In these kiteshe made over two hundred flights, reaching, on some occasions, an altitude of over 2000 feet.
The War Office, however, saw great possibilities in the kites for scouting purposes in time of war, and they paid Cody L5000 for his invention.
It was the writer's pleasure to come into close contact with Cody during the early years of his experimental work with man-lifting box-kites at the Alexandra Park, London, and never will his genial smile and twinkling eye be forgotten.
Kites have been made of such power as to carry a heavy cable from one point to another over some obstruction, or to lift a man some distance from the ground for the purpose of observation.
It is now planned to make use of the kites for offensive and defensive purposes in connection with the invasion of Cuba.
The men who fly the kites can remain out of sight of the forts; and the kite will be such a small mark and so high up in the air as to be very difficult to hit with a rifle-ball.
In THE GREAT ROUND WORLD last year we described experiments that were being made with kites by Mr. W.
Yes, child," answered Uncle Tucker as he looked into the dark eyes level with his own with a sudden tenderness, "and you never fail to start off all kites in your neighborhood.
But I'm going always to admire the kites anyway, even if they don't fly," answered Rose Mary with the teasing lift of her long lashes up at him.
This was a very light one-seated carriage, drawn by a string of kites harnessed tandem.
With a good wind these kites developed great power and it is said that the carriage whirled along, even on heavy roads, at the rate of a mile in three or even two and one-half minutes.
The kites which hover over the city all day do not live in the neighbourhood.
The wind was good, as Bunny had said, and soon there were six kites floating in the air.
Come on, boys, we'll haul down our kites and chase after Bunny's!
Afflictions pounce upon our hearts, as vultures and kitesdart upon fish and flesh; and these our bodies are as momentary as the bursting bubbles of dropping rains (or of rain drops).
Many European and American meteorological services employkites regularly, and obtain information not only of the temperature, but also of the humidity and velocity of the air above.
Chinese and Japanese kites are of many shapes, such as birds, dragons, beasts and fishes.
The problem of lifting a man by means of kites instead of by a captive balloon is a still more important one.
When made in the common diamond form, or triangular with a semicircular head, kites usually have a pendulous tail appended for balancing purposes.
He afterwards improved the contrivance, using five or six smaller kites attached together in preference to one large one.
Kites have been used both in the army and in the navy for floating torpedoes on hostile positions.
A more systematic use of kitesfor scientific purposes may, however, be said to date from the experiments made in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Each kite increases the strain upon the wire, and moreover adds to the height and makes it more uncertain what kind of wind the upper kites will encounter; it also adds to the time that is necessary to haul in the kites.
Some stations prefer to use one long piece of wire of the same gauge throughout without a join, others prefer to start with a thin wire and join on thicker and thicker wire as more kites are added.
Roughly these kites may be said to resemble an ordinary box with the two ends removed, and also the middle part of each of the four sides.
The kites used are mostly modifications of the so-called box-kites, invented by L.
The tradition is that kites were invented by Archytas of Tarentum four centuries before the Christian era, but they have been in use among Asiatic peoples and savage tribes like the Maoris of New Zealand from time immemorial.
There's a store just around the corner, and the kites cost five cents.
That's the only place they have to fly kites in New York.
Mrs. Brown, hearing her sister say it was safe, and all right, to fly kites from the roof, said Bunny might get one.
The kites and the vultures had left the bare bones by thousands to bleach upon the sands, and the hillocks of brown earth rose in crowds where those more cared for in death had been hastily thrust beneath the brown crust of the earth.
But here was a world peopled only by sheep, the myriad insects that hopped and wove and chirruped in the tall fern, the kites and curlews overhead, and the trout far below the surface of the lake.
He stood for a while, looking at the gay parterre of sun-shades and summer clothes, of kites and spades and buckets, and rings on fingers more carefully tended but of coarser stuff than his own.
Then I write in my journal and read some of thekites which have reached me.
During my six weeks' absence there was much talk on the subject, so far as it was possible for the prisoners to talk; and many kites passed back and forth among those most interested.
However, on each occasion that kites were seen in numbers in early summer, the adults greatly outnumbered the juveniles.
The short time lapse between successive feedings was one indication, and from time to time while keeping nests under observation, I saw kites that were individually recognizable as the owners coursing back and forth in the vicinity.
The longer interval on July 19 to 21 may have resulted from the greater furtiveness of the adult kites at this stage in their nesting cycle.
Kites were often watched while they were hunting in the open areas around the Park.
The latter were probably the chief food source of the kitesin the heavily grazed pastures.
When I flushed the hawk, it was pursued and harassed by the kites, some of which followed it for nearly a quarter mile although there were no nests of the kites nearby.
The kites displayed versatility in their choice of places to forage.
In extended flights the kites soar, drift and circle with frequent easy flapping, at variable heights.
Insects often protruded from the bills of the adultkites delivering food, but most of the food was carried in the throat.
Stevens as having found kites breeding in this immature plumage.
Ordinarily kites are not disturbed by the presence of a person at these distances, but when delivering food to the nest they seemed somewhat distracted and sometimes stopped only momentarily then left, still carrying the food.
Often the kites and buffalo were seen in close association, and at times the kites must have benefited from the movements of the buffalo, serving to flush certain insects such as grasshoppers.
Even kites whose nests were kept under observation frequently, never became fully reconciled to the intrusion but there was much difference between individuals in this respect.
It smelled rather much like an old attic in which kites and other toys gradually are forgotten in a gentle darkness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kites" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
