fling
verb (used with object)
to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence.
flings
Example Sentences
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She claims to inhabit the soul of Albert Camus, and flings around aphorisms about art that fly over Cricket’s head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
And when the stormy morning after arrives, each peal of thunder sends Julia into a paroxysm of nerves that flings her around like a handkerchief caught in a stiff breeze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
He flings his lunch against the wall, shattering a piece of Nancy Reagan’s china and leaving a trail of ketchup and hamburger grease on the wallpaper and faux gilt sconce recently procured from Home Depot.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
The senior Trudeau had a couple of famous flings of his own with American singer Barbra Streisand and Canadian actress Kim Cattrall of Sex and the City fame.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
I fly out of my chair and Rubio flings out his long legs, stopping me before I skid past him and into the metal console.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
