sling

Example Sentences

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It isn’t the sort of number of people you can just decide to sling out, saying “Begone!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The British and Irish Lions flanker was injured while scoring Wales' third try, and watched the closing moments of a heavy defeat from the bench with his left arm in a sling.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

However, the Angling Trust says there is a considerable difference between the catapults they use for propelling fishing bait and sling shots designed to cause injury.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

Workers cut open each module’s white plastic wrap, slipped the steel cables beneath the floorboards, and attached them to a waiting sling from a 200-foot crane.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

“Will you talk to me again?” asked Brad, as he used the hand not in the sling to set Ralph on the floor.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary