1.1Maintain height in the air without flapping wings or using engine power.
‘the gulls soared on the summery winds’
‘Their broad wings allow them to soar, gull-like, flapping with strong, slow wing-beats.’
‘The buzzard, soaring at a great height, suddenly finds itself caught up in a current of air against which it is impossible to battle.’
‘Sometimes they soar at a considerable height, but when fishing they fly fairly low or even very close to the surface.’
‘Flapping flight requires much more metabolic power than soaring, swimming or running.’
‘There is a sequence in the film in which he imagines himself restored to the use of his limbs and then some, as he seems to soar like a gull over the beautiful Spanish coastline near his home.’
‘I watched a flock of birds soar majestically overhead and started to rise in temper.’
‘There's the rustle of lizards in dry leaves, or an eagle soaring far overhead.’
‘And in that instant a rare golden eagle soared across the sky, an arrow rammed through its mighty wing.’
‘All of them were looking up into the sky at two birds, soaring on thermals.’
‘High over the hills towards Thirlmere I watched a golden eagle soaring in the air.’
‘Unveiled girls in bright pink tunics gathered water from a turquoise river and balanced bundles on their heads while eagles soared above.’
‘Look hard and you may see an eagle soaring on the thermals above you, or find a black-banded porcupine quill lying on the path at your feet.’
‘It is a sight to see these birds soaring above the city buildings.’
‘The top rank had two stately cranes soaring above clouds.’