flung

Example Sentences

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According to their idea, that moon was flung away after a close encounter with Titan and later broke apart, creating the rings.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

“It’s a diaspora, you know, people have flung to different parts. I’m in Long Beach. My friends are in Studio City or Burbank or Downey. That is not Altadena.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 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

The others struggled as they were flung to their deaths, but Nhamo’s beautiful cousin approached the water like a queen.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer