Then slowly his great wings began to beat the air.

Then they heard the beat of great wings and relaxed.

Then from far above he heard the beat of great wings, a pause.

Suddenly a shadow, like the shape of great wings, passed across the moon.

She spread her great wings and launched into the sky.

He sighed and closed his eyes, seeing again the vision of great white wings.

Those great wings - they must have been five feet across - beat the wind, but there was no sound.

It had lifted its great wings to fill the sky above them.

His great wings were tired, for he had not made such a long flight in a century or more.

The great wings beat, once and then again, like the heavy breathing of a god.