flung

Example Sentences

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Leaning across the center console, he flung open the passenger door.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

As the spin increases, loose material can be flung off the surface and sometimes form a small moon.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Soon the gym is brimming with tension as the contestants are brought forth one by one, having words of various levels of difficulty flung at them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Jacks edged Neser and with keeper Alex Carey up to the stumps, Smith flung himself to his left to cling on at full stretch in one hand.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

Cold water splattered Jonathan and, for a moment, he thought she had done it on purpose— flung herself, clothes and all, into the lake, to swim.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret