slung

Example Sentences

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In the fields beyond, a squash farmer trudged home, a sack slung over his shoulder heavy with his harvest.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

In the station concourse a young soldier with a Kalashnikov slung across his back was hugging his girlfriend before she left to go west and he went back to his unit.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, Lynn Biyendolo of the gold-winning U.S. women’s soccer team that year had slung her ribbon around her shoulder with the metal dangling like a purse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

In 2023 alone, Ariana Madix slung tenders in an El Segundo Raising Cane’s, Ben Affleck passed coffees through a Dunkin’ window and Lana Del Rey poured coffee at a Waffle House in Alabama.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2025

He slung a coil of boat rope, tied with a loop at one end, around his shoulder.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell