His head ached and dark shapes, like the wings of ravens, swarmed before his eyes.

The shapes swarmed over the sides into the boat, overwhelming the Trellisanians.

Blurred shapes throbbed and swarmed among twinkling phantom lights.

Far below, pale humanoid shapes swarmed in their hundreds.

Then dark shapes swarmed out of the shadows, things Jared had never seen before, eyes cat-bright and wild.

Stray shapes swarmed among the passing humans.

But the call is mine... More shapes swarmed in below.

In the center of the picture was a sloping mound of rubble, and a hundred small black shapes darted and swarmed over it.

How could Stephanie talk of mice turning magically into footmen while a dozen ethereal shapes swarmed around them, naked and ashamed?

Little shapes swarmed across the courtyard after the King, like some kind of plague.