fling

Example Sentences

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He maintained a strong and tender marriage, despite his fling with Kahlo, and tried to keep up with the times during breaks from work on his biography of Stalin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

His fling with Pearl in the present might be a cross-cultural meet-cute.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

"They will get out, but not like people think. It's not as if they're going to fling the doors open like a bull run."

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Smith tried to drag a pull around the corner only for Jacks, at backward square leg, to fling himself to his right and cling on with his right hand.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

The urge to fling it open and rush out into the clear air was almost overpowering, but he made himself listen.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman