fly open

Example Sentences

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Then “Moneyball” hit, and suddenly doors into baseball began to fly open.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2016

“Why does a car door not fly open in a crash?” one paragraph begins.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 28, 2015

I know your eyes fly open in the middle of the night, see your child, and you think, “Oh, my . . . .”

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2015

Yet if you ask enough active and retired athletes often enough to spill their secrets, the village gates will fly open.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2012

I keep my eyes closed, but when the Augur misses a step and nearly falls, they fly open of their own accord.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir