fly open

Example Sentences

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“The back door absolutely did fly open, and you just heard a bunch of wind,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2023

The Bulldogs knew the door would not just fly open after 19 years of pounding.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2017

Then “Moneyball” hit, and suddenly doors into baseball began to fly open.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2016

“Why does a car door not fly open in a crash?” one paragraph begins.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 28, 2015

I close the book quickly, quickly, keeping it shut with my hands so it doesn’t fly open, so I don’t.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson