- present participle of fly.
flying
Example Sentences
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At least three helicopters were flying overhead downtown near Skid Row in the aftermath of the Thursday sweep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
His next holiday will be a cruise leaving from Southampton, allowing him to avoid the stress he associates with flying.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
With just a few hours on the remote archipelago before flying back to Fiji, there was a rush from organisers to get in as many events as possible.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
He was interested in flying but, because of his poor eyesight, washed out of the Army Air Corps in 1933.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sancho was right; the pranksters were blowing air from bellows to make the riders believe they were flying.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
