flung
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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As the spin increases, loose material can be flung off the surface and sometimes form a small moon.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
She said the doors were "flung open" and "whoever needed to be in there was in there".
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
“It’s a diaspora, you know, people have flung to different parts. I’m in Long Beach. My friends are in Studio City or Burbank or Downey. That is not Altadena.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
Soon the gym is brimming with tension as the contestants are brought forth one by one, having words of various levels of difficulty flung at them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
The wind flung the shout back in my face.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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