Synonyms

flung

American

[fluhng] / flʌŋ /

verb

simple past tense and past participle of fling.

flung British

/ flʌŋ /

verb

the past tense and past participle of fling

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The woman had taken the bandage from her foot and flung it at me.

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“Well, they got that right about me being flung a considerable distance,” Aunt Maud maintained.

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Wolf flung back his head, pointed his muzzle to the sky, and howled.

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I heard Anna May call my name, but I flung back my arm to dismiss her.

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Someone should pick her to be in them, posing with one hand on her waist, which was just the right size, and the other one flung up behind her as she pretended to walk.

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