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

Others rushed into the room, including three hotel security guards who flung themselves in so quickly their backs slammed against the tiled wall.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 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

The initial contact was certainly outside the box, but continued into it and the United forward flung himself to the floor.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

She lunged forward, taking the branch in her teeth, then wrestled it from the boy and flung it away.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman