sling

Example Sentences

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It isn’t the sort of number of people you can just decide to sling out, saying “Begone!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The British and Irish Lions flanker was injured while scoring Wales' third try, and watched the closing moments of a heavy defeat from the bench with his left arm in a sling.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

Workers cut open each module’s white plastic wrap, slipped the steel cables beneath the floorboards, and attached them to a waiting sling from a 200-foot crane.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

Kwon has developed a reputation as a straight shooter who isn’t afraid to sling some verbal darts in his efforts to maximize players’ talent.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

They had decided to sling the cauldron between the two horses and make their way from the Marshes into the safe shelter of the forest, where they would destroy the Crochan.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander