Example Sentences

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I suspect he may have put it together as much to flatter the slushy Palomas and the towering Singapore Slings issuing from the bar as he did with an eye toward assembling a meal.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2017

Elton's six-part series, Slings and Arrows, will see David Haig from The Thin Blue Line play the role of council officer Gerald B Meakin.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2012

Slings: A small ribbon of mesh, usually inserted through the vagina, is placed around the urethra to support it.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2011

Before opening the store, she started an Internet community called Slings in the City that held regular baby carrier demonstrations around town.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2010

“You know as well as I do, Mr Slings, that go down she will, before many hours are over, unless old ‘Harry Cane’ takes himself off pretty smartly.”

From Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land by Lumley, Savile