fling
Example Sentences
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She flung it back into the pond as the other serpents fled back toward the deep.
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Oddly, it was even-tempered Betsie who reacted most strongly, hurtling from her chair and flinging herself at the radio to shut off the sound.
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“Well, they got that right about me being flung a considerable distance,” Aunt Maud maintained.
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Wolf flung back his head, pointed his muzzle to the sky, and howled.
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Anna May waved her hand, flinging aside my excuse.
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