People used to go down to Summerland Beach on moonlit nights with blankets and picnic hampers to watch the birds tumble out of the sea and make their way back to their burrows.

He laughed always to see the birds tumble and when I missed he roared and shook his head again and again.

She reached up a finger as if to stir the storm on that great plate hanging over her - - and the bird had tumbled out of the air.

The patriarchal bird tumbled from a sky gone suddenly indigo.

The bird tumbled and dropped into a stand of buffalo berry, under a transparent moon that lingered in the sky.

The eagle's head blew sideways with the impact of the heavy-caliber slugs, and the great bird tumbled about the axis of its wings, losing its grip on the tiny victim.

Yes, there it was at last; and as she moved, a big awkward bird tumbled head foremost on the ground.

The bird tumbled gracelessly through the air and with a hard thud hit the ground not far from the shape floating just above the ground.

The smaller birds might have tumbled out of their nests, fascinated by the glittering of Mrs. Sparsit's eyes in the gloom, as she stopped and listened.

The bird tumbled down in a tangle of wings and webbed feet, and struck the deck at Hal's feet.