A great winged insect came buzzing into the room. "A Maker of History" by E. Phillips Oppenheim

He went to Neptune, told his tale, and begged him to lend him a winged chariot in which he could fly away with Marpessa. "A Book of Myths" by Jean Lang

Then a black- winged monster, with hundreds and hundreds of eyes, came quickly towards her on its six legs. "Oswald Bastable and Others" by Edith Nesbit