fling
verb (used with object)
to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence.
were flinging
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past progressiveof fling.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Moving her lips rapidly, she held her rosary tightly and recited each Hail Mary with a desperate gravity, as though she were flinging anvils at the gates of Heaven.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
From ten thousand bulbs the moving-picture houses of Curtis Street were flinging a glow upon the packed sidewalks when Kirby came out of the hotel and started uptown.
From Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story by William MacLeod Raine
Then she had a feeling as if she were flinging herself between the two, husband and wife, shielding the man from the woman.
From The Salamander by Owen Johnson
He stood up and threw out his arms with an involuntary gesture, as if he were flinging off chains.
From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Below, like the magic of invisible sprites, the jeweled strands of Brooklyn Bridge were flinging a brilliant span across the gulf of the night.
From The Salamander by Owen Johnson
