flung

Example Sentences

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As the spin increases, loose material can be flung off the surface and sometimes form a small moon.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

“It’s a diaspora, you know, people have flung to different parts. I’m in Long Beach. My friends are in Studio City or Burbank or Downey. That is not Altadena.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Soon the gym is brimming with tension as the contestants are brought forth one by one, having words of various levels of difficulty flung at them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

One of her wrists was flung out from under the blankets.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell