Marian opened and closed her wings with a snap.

A moment later it dived, suddenly closing its wings and splashing into the water.

I sat up in tangled sheets, tried to close my wings but they were too relaxed to obey.

As she swung past Mnementh, he suddenly closed his wings and dropped beside her.

The dragon closed its wings and dropped like a rock.

Farree opened and closed his wings, his head held high now.

A dragonfly is like a plane: they both fly and cannot close their wings.

For some time she observed a great yellow butterfly, which was opening and closing its wings very slowly on a little flat stone.

The birds closed their wings simultaneously, fell from the heights like stones.

Then she closed her wings and settled on her kill.