fling
verb (used with object)
to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence.
am flinging
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present progressiveof fling (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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That night I am flinging here and there on the balcony, all mixed up about peoples and angels.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
I am flinging down a gauntlet," she thought, "to snobbery and conservatism.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
I am flinging away happiness for the sake of its mask.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
But it is dangerous dust I am flinging in his eyes by being free and easy with her in this way.
From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by [pseud.] Vera
No man in the country more desires to be rich than I; so don't fancy I am flinging away a fortune out of generosity.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various
