soaring
noun B2- The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.
Plural soarings
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Shortly after the nuptials, the Eagle said, “Fly off and bring me back the ostrich you promised me.” The Kite, soaring aloft into the air, brought back the shabbiest possible mouse, stinking from the length of time it had lain about the fields.
Jane was smiling and happy; examinations were over and she was comfortably sure she had made a pass at least; further considerations troubled Jane not at all; she had no soaring ambitions and consequently was not affected with the unrest attendant thereon.
This acoustic music featured intricate fingerpicking and soaring, melancholic melodies that reflected the harsh realities of agricultural life.
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