fling
Example Sentences
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"They will get out, but not like people think. It's not as if they're going to fling the doors open like a bull run."
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
He’s had fling with Broadway with “The Kite Runner.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Smith tried to drag a pull around the corner only for Jacks, at backward square leg, to fling himself to his right and cling on with his right hand.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
Instead the two become friends, and Cora consigns the fling to the realm of her imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
The windows are steamed, Led Zeppelin is in the stereo, and when I lift my head up to fling my hair away from my face, I open one eye and gasp.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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