But then a bat swooped in front of her, drawing her gaze, and when she looked again the window was dark.

The shadows lengthened, and tiny bats swooped in the trees overhead.

A bat swooped down, hovering over her head for an extended moment before disappearing into the thick of the black woods.

The bat swooped away beside the cliff and was lost to sight.

Some bats swooped about and fled the torchlight through the archways.

Cicadas stirred in the trees, and bats swooped into the clearing to catch them.

Parry whirled again, lifting the cross as the bat swooped at his head.

Occasionally a bat swooped through them, its staggering flight obviously different from a bird's.

A low-flying bat swooped between them and shot upward once more, drawing her gaze.