- past participle of fly.
flown
1 Americanverb
adjective
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decorated with colors that have been fluidly blended.
flown ceramic ware.
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Archaic. filled to excess.
verb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of flown
Middle English flōwen; past participle of flow
Example Sentences
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In the evening, Nike has flown in a custom-made outdoor volleyball court so Sherman Oaks Notre Dame can host Harvard-Westlake in a 7 p.m. girls’ volleyball match played on the Notre Dame baseball field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Myra Cabilan told AFP she had flown to Coron to find her missing brother, 40-year-old Rammel Gonzaga, who had taken the ferry from Manila on a business trip with his brother-in-law.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
The restaurant serves more than 10,000 oysters a month, with fresh seafood flown in daily, and the raw bar is an obvious place to start.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
While flags were flown at half mast, commemorations were scaled back as rescue teams continue to search for survivors.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
My research helped uncover the fact that the plane had flown perpendicularly across the path of a jet that had just gone by.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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