slung

Example Sentences

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Three gaffers rush by with heavy coils of electric cord slung over their shoulders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

As the two old men told their stories, a youngster brushed past them, a machete slung over his shoulder.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

In the station concourse a young soldier with a Kalashnikov slung across his back was hugging his girlfriend before she left to go west and he went back to his unit.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, Lynn Biyendolo of the gold-winning U.S. women’s soccer team that year had slung her ribbon around her shoulder with the metal dangling like a purse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Camels, llamas, zebras, and horses stand behind low ropes slung between iron stakes, their heads buried in mounds of hay.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen