Assertion: vireo | /r/CapableOf | lose its balance
Facets:
value: nearly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: During the nesting season of the pileated woodpecker, when the big birds flow low and silently, like phantoms between the tree trunks and decaying stumps, I have seen this vireo strike the big bird with such force that it nearly lost its balance, looked and acted surprised: and flew away.
text: During the nesting season of the pileated woodpecker, when the big birds fly low and silently, like phantoms between the tree trunks and decaying stumps, I have seen this vireo strike the big bird with such force that it nearly lost its balance, looked and acted surprised--and flew away.