slung
Example Sentences
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He slung a touchdown into a vanishingly small window with a defender closing fast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Three gaffers rush by with heavy coils of electric cord slung over their shoulders.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
As he strutted into the UConn locker room after the game, he had his arm slung around Mullins’s shoulders and only one word on his mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
As the two old men told their stories, a youngster brushed past them, a machete slung over his shoulder.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
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.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
