slung
Americanverb
adjective
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In the fields beyond, a squash farmer trudged home, a sack slung over his shoulder heavy with his harvest.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
As armor, Elizabeth slung a Launer handbag over her forearm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
As he strutted into the UConn locker room after the game, he had his arm slung around Mullins’s shoulders and only one word on his mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
In the station concourse a young soldier with a Kalashnikov slung across his back was hugging his girlfriend before she left to go west and he went back to his unit.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
In that brief time, he vaguely remembered opening his eyes and finding himself slung over a guard’s back.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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