slung
Example Sentences
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He slung his backpack over one shoulder and raced down the steps.
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And then there was another photo of the social worker in a tuxedo at what looked like some kind of fancy party, his arm slung around a pretty woman with dark hair.
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I zipped up my backpack, slung it over one shoulder, picked my sweaty work clothes up off the ground, shook them out, and hurried from the cover of trees back onto the farm.
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It was madness, extraordinary, impossible, he thought; he had woken that morning, pulled on his jeans, and slung his crows’ string around his neck with no inkling that he was going to an enchanted island.
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A young man in uniform has his arm slung around Colin.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.