- past participle of fly.
flown
Example Sentences
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When the song outgrows the blue-ribbon crowd, they’re flown to Los Angeles for one nationally televised performance before falling out in a bit of dressing room melodrama.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
The hospital gets about 700 trauma patients each year and, of those, about 70 need to be flown to the mainland, CEO Tim Kielpinski told The Times in an interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Pilots who have regularly flown from Dubai recounted strict searches through metal detectors that have led security staff to confiscate everything from selfie sticks to hair spray to cups of coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The mostly Israeli passengers on the flight have been flown back to Israel on a replacement plane.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Unlike the kamikaze attacks flown by Japanese pilots, taran wasn’t meant to be a suicide maneuver.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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