wing it

Example Sentences

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After beginning his career as a wing, it will be the fourth time that Rees-Zammit has started at full-back for Wales after making three appearances there during the 2022-23 season.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

I don’t wing it and hope everything will turn out OK anymore.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

Francis said last week there just wasn’t time to completely round out the staff — remember, Hakstol was only hired three months before 2021 training camp — and they’d tried unsuccessfully to wing it.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

"The physics tells us that to get a more fuel-efficient wing it needs to be longer and more slender. That means we need to increase the span of the wing," Partridge said.

From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2023

The eagle said nothing, but with a twitch of a wing it began to descend to a green meadow from which a fire’s smoke rose.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman