1.   A cigarette boat zoomed upstream below, while a hawk soared over the sagging power lines.

2.   For every traffic jam that sets tempers flaring, a hawk soars silently against a crystal-blue sky on a whisper of invisible thermals.

3.   High above the bosom of the Brazos, a hawk soared silently against the azure expanse of a fading autumn afternoon.

4.   There the biologist found huge flocks of hawks soaring over alfalfa and sunflower fields during the day and roosting at night in eucalyptus groves planted near ranch buildings.