flung
Example Sentences
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In it, a black SUV is pointed toward a white van, its door flung open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
During the final round of the PGA Championship in 2025, he angrily flung his driver near a volunteer so hard that it damaged a sign and snapped the head off the club’s shaft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
When I visited Havana again this spring to report on the mounting crisis, the malecón was deserted, strewn with brown seaweed that had been flung from the ocean by crashing waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
According to their idea, that moon was flung away after a close encounter with Titan and later broke apart, creating the rings.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
She flung back her long black hair, bringing attention to her sparkly earrings.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
