Let it not fly away from the earthly and beat against eternal walls with its wings!
As the girl held another can against his back, a pigeon dive-bombed them, beating their heads with its wings.
His heart beat like a pigeon in a trap beating with its wings.
Hannibal would beat other swans with his wings, beak, and feet.
East and west he flew, beating with his vast wings, north and south, to the four edges of the world.
It is also known to forage in groups, with several birds beating the water with their wings to drive fish forward into shallows.
The angels beat the flames with their wings, until every last spark had been put out.
Unconsciously he began beating the air with his wings, and he remained a wyvern.
He beat the air with his wings and ran through the graveyard.
Somewhere, unseen in the lush garden, the birds continued to hover, beating the air with their tiny busy wings.