flung

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Now, million-dollar homes are flung farther north into the Valley, farther south into the South Bay, and farther east into the foothills of the Verdugo and San Gabriel mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 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

She flung back her long black hair, bringing attention to her sparkly earrings.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas