sling

Example Sentences

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Jeffrey’s wife, known as Shambles, operates the puppets from behind the curtain, while wearing their 5-year-old daughter, known as Crumbo, in a sling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 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

At Harvard, the other students seemed to know what sweaters to wear, what jeans to buy, what bag to sling over their shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 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

Bat tried to make sure it wasn’t pressing too tight against the sling as Laurence tied the waist strap.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold