- past participle of fly.
flown
Example Sentences
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“He’d flown to Santa Barbara covering a fire, and he had the tape and was in a hurry to get it back in time” for the newscast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The staff member was flown out of the UK without being questioned by British police.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Myra Cabilan told AFP she had flown to Coron to find her missing brother, 40-year-old Rammel Gonzaga, who had taken the ferry from Manila on a business trip with his brother-in-law.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
President Bush was out of town and was hustled onto his plane, which was flown to a destination unknown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Unlike the kamikaze attacks flown by Japanese pilots, taran wasn’t meant to be a suicide maneuver.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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