1.   I was just laying there, scanning the sky, and they just came and came.

2.   The birds call constantly in haunting high cries that make you scan the skies while they are still far away.

3.   We could see the beams of searchlights scanning the sky.

4.   He scanned the sky, suspicious of tricks and ambushes.

5.   The old nomes grumbled among themselves, and scanned the sky anxiously for the first signs of robins or reindeer.

6.   Scathach turned in his saddle, scanned the skies through the tangle of branches which arched across the river.

7.   Are the people who now scan the skies looking for tornadoes former UFO-watchers who have decided to settle on something more easily sighted?

8.   Before leaving I scanned the sky to the horizon for telltale smoke, and sniffed the air for any hint of what might not be seen.