A bird's-eye survey. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Guess he had a pretty good bird's-eye view of the whole thing," said. From Wordnik.com. [The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service] Reference
"What do you say to furnishing this suite in bird's-eye maple?" asked. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
And tiniest bird's-eye burns deep blue in thickets of tall grass trees!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917] Reference
They opted instead for a bird's-eye view in the American Express Skybox. From Wordnik.com. [Athletes Check Out Runway] Reference
In the center of the screen was a bird's-eye view of a man holding a rifle. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
On emerging from the ravine, we obtained a bird's-eye view of the whole scene. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
There is no disenchanting bird's-eye view of the counter with all things thereon. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
They stop at a certain turn, whence we have a bird's-eye view of the whole harbor. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A pretty cabin, finished off with bird's-eye maple and mahogany; two looking-glasses. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
We had two heavy, though slender, rock-maple paddles, one of them of bird's-eye maple. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
"He said he was interested in getting a bird's-eye view of how Sharia was being applied.". From Wordnik.com. [A Long, Strange Trip To The Taliban] Reference
Sometimes I lounge forlornly to the window and try to take a bird's-eye view of outdoors. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
What bird's-eye view might I have gotten of Dutch's little world, under that same June sun?. From Wordnik.com. ['His Name's Dutch Reagan'] Reference
In this outline map, a bird's-eye view is presented of the entire position in this vicinity. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
Then with the country lying before him in a bird's-eye view he was able to learn his position. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
The timber used is principally curled and bird's-eye maple, beech, birch, cherry, ash, and oak. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881] Reference
He looks from the blue eyes of the girl to the little blue bird's-eye growing on a bank of clover. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
The paper is seamed and smeared until it resembles a bird's-eye view of the battlefield of the Marne. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919] Reference
I carried a bottle of that liquor with me as a peace-offering, and a quarter of a pound of bird's-eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference
From the height where he stood he had an almost bird's-eye view of the lake, and he examined it carefully. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
Peter the Great has wrought in his pretty Deptford home, let us take a bird's-eye glance at rural England. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
It was difficult to get a vivid impression of a personality from a bird's-eye view out of a small upper window. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army] Reference
To the natural elevation of the location were added several hundred feet of rope, affording a bird's-eye view of. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
It is a high point, commanding the harbor and the forts, and one can obtain a bird's-eye view of Port Arthur from its top. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
This is one very odd epic, shot with deliberate artifice by DeVito, complete with fake sunsets and bird's-eye vantage points. From Wordnik.com. [Not A Season To Be Jolly] Reference
It is the proper thing to mount to its highest landing, whence one gets one of the most remarkable bird's-eye views imaginable. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
I have so little to do with pharmacy, either as a profession or as a business that I stand far enough away to get a bird's-eye view. From Wordnik.com. [A Librarian's Open Shelf] Reference
In a necessarily brief outline it is impossible to give anything but a bird's-eye view of this very interesting and important subject. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
Anticipate for the pupils what is to come, i.e., stimulate interest by giving a bird's-eye view of the movement before it is analyzed. From Wordnik.com. [A Guide to Methods and Observation in History Studies in High School Observation] Reference
They went to bed early that night, the two girls snuggled in Billie's pretty bird's-eye maple bed in Billie's pretty bird's-eye maple room. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck] Reference
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