Example Sentences

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One moment he is flinging a pass downfield.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2022

Across the country, Radio City Music Hall in New York is flinging open its doors and selling 5,960 shoulder-to-shoulder seats to the vaccinated in a decidedly indoor setting.

From New York Times • May 28, 2021

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

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