fling

Jean’s brief fling during the summer of 1998 coincided with the public airing of Monica’s doomed romance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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

Instead the two become friends, and Cora consigns the fling to the realm of her imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

But after Adams’s initial fling at participating in the debates, the members of the Senate decided that the vice president was not permitted to speak.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The cowboy grips its reins and mane with one hand, his sole sure purchase on the almost upright animal, and flings out his free arm to balance himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The snare's "exceptionally high power" flings the ant into a bigger web at "15 times the most extreme g-forces experienced by jet pilots", said lead researcher Prof Ajay Narendra.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

He flings his lunch against the wall, shattering a piece of Nancy Reagan’s china and leaving a trail of ketchup and hamburger grease on the wallpaper and faux gilt sconce recently procured from Home Depot.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025

Bertrand often flings bowling balls—flaming ones on New Year’s Eve—but today we’re launching spherical garden stones.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

Leroy gets up and flings the back door open again.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

In it, a black SUV is pointed toward a white van, its door flung open.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Rushing flung his whole body into the tag, but Carrigg was called safe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

During the final round of the PGA Championship in 2025, he angrily flung his driver near a volunteer so hard that it damaged a sign and snapped the head off the club’s shaft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

"I stepped forward and I flung my arm back - that was my instant reaction," he said.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

I flung myself against the table leg, grabbed on and pushed UP-UP-UP.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

Band leader Jurin shouts "Hesono", and the other members reply with a loud shout of "Oh", flinging their arms towards the sky.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Now flinging himself head-over-heels feels as simple as a single jump, Malinin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

What makes the act of flinging himself upside down so audacious is that it’s entirely gratuitous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

"I want to demonstrate that I can make serious points by flinging a custard pie around the stage for a couple of hours," the Czech-born Stoppard said in a 1970s interview.

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025

Gum Baby flipped in midair, flinging her sticky ammunition at the fetterlings swarming over the rooftop.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia