fly open

Example Sentences

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The hood could fly open if the main latch is inadvertently released or not closed properly after engine service.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2022

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 know your eyes fly open in the middle of the night, see your child, and you think, “Oh, my . . . .”

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2015

He looked back at the door, as if he expected it to fly open before he could get back to it with the key he did not yet have.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner