The thing screamed again, its long wings flapping hard.

Booce flapped hard toward a Logbearer already embedded in flame.

I flapped hard, powering up to maximum speed.

The gold dragon flapped hard, but uselessly, the broken wing fluttering raggedly.

The swordbird flapped hard, making west now.

Obeying without question, the two of them leaped into the air and flapped hard, rising to hover next to Angel.

But though he flapped hard, somehow he could not rise very far.

She flapped hard, then we took off.

They were flapping hard, each bat form describing a crazy knuckleball course.

His head went nearly all the way around, then he settled on a direction, crouched down, and pushed off, flapping hard, vanishing silently into the darkness.