flung

Example Sentences

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Princeton’s players flung their sticks and gloves into the air.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Once the closest point of the orbit enters the instability zone, the planet is either flung outward or pulled inward and destroyed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

She said the doors were "flung open" and "whoever needed to be in there was in there".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

She flung it open, and there they were, Sam and Eddie.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis