fling
verb (used with object)
to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence.
is flinging
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present progressiveof fling (3rd 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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One moment he is flinging a pass downfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
This team is flinging them out multiple times a week, letting them rain down from the heavens.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2016
Here’s a bit of biography, sticking only to the highlights, so you don’t have to be completely in the dark about who is flinging advice at you:
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2015
Or that some of the mud she is flinging at Mr Cassidy will stick.
From Economist ● Dec. 4, 2014
Aurora and Bryce are screaming about lightsabers in the bedroom, and Hector is flinging Cheerios out of his tray.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
