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How to use fling in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Fling means an act of throwing, often violently. Example: “I had a fling with a girl I met on holiday.”

Examples of fling by meaning

nounAn act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.

  • the fling of a horse

nounAn act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.

  • Here again steam is having its last fling, and the "dual link" drivers at Brunswick shed, Liverpool, already are alternating steam and diesel duties.1960 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 113

nounA short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

  • a summer fling
  • I had a fling with a girl I met on holiday.

nounAn attempt, a try.

  • give it a fling

nounA lively Scottish country dance.

  • the Highland fling

nounA party, especially a dance party.

  • a spring fling

verbTo throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.

  • Amazingly, driver Gimbert came round some 200 yards away, on the grass outside the Station Hotel where he had been flung.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43

verbTo move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.

  • "We beseech your Majesty—" said Glozelle, but Miraz had flung out of the tent and they could hear him bawling out his acceptance to Edmund.1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia

More sentences with fling

  • He flung subtle jibes at her until she couldn’t bear to work with him any longer.From the entry jibe
  • The tornado flung the man around like a rag doll.From the entry rag doll
  • Our current paperboy does a nicely consistent job of throwing the paper onto the porch. Our old paperboy sometimes would fling it into the bushes!From the entry paperboy
  • Our current papergirl does a nicely consistent job of throwing the paper onto the porch. Our old papergirl sometimes would fling it into the bushes!From the entry papergirl
  • 'Come here, buggerlugs.' The woman flung her arms out to her sides and wriggled her fingers.2022 February 24, Rebecca Griffiths, The Hidden Child: A completely unputdownable mystery thriller inspired by a true crime, Bookouture…. From the entry buggerlugs
  • They bounced their kickball against the wall, flinging it at one another’s heads.2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 166. From the entry kickball
  • Everyone was on the pull, determined to have a bit of a holiday fling.2016, Louie O'Brien, Hasta La Flip Flops!. From the entry on the pull
  • He flung his shoes across the room, their soles leaving black scuffs on the dingy wall.2015, Charles W. Jones, Hydrangeas on the Lanai. From the entry scuff
  • A fling gesture can overscroll the content, before returning the content to the correct position.2015, Matthew Leibowitz, Xamarin Mobile Development for Android Cookbook, page 302. From the entry overscroll
  • Holly flung herself on an upholstered sofa, her cute retro dress floofing around her.2014, Amylynn Bright, chapter 12, in Finish what We Started, Don Mills, Ont.: Carina Press, →ISBN. From the entry floof
  • “Gotcha!” He flung himself on top of the malicious pod, squashing it flat.2014 May 6, Anne Cameron, “A Christmas Podding”, in The Storm Tower Thief (The Lightning Catcher; 2), New York, N.Y.: Greenwillow Books…. From the entry flumpf
  • Brendy pointed out to me that a fling is different from an affair.2013, Aorewa McLeod, Who Was That Woman Anyway?. From the entry flingee
  • 'A fling is definitely not serious—it's meant to be temporary and the flingees remain good friends afterwards.'2013, Aorewa McLeod, Who Was That Woman Anyway?. From the entry flingee
  • I flung open the door to the arctic entryway and watched Cooper bolt to the outside door.2007, Douglas A. Letch, The Stir Of Ashes, →ISBN, page 201. From the entry arctic entryway
  • By the way,’ she flung over her shoulder, ‘It′s got to be read, hey!2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not: A Sequel to Nervous Conditions, page 215. From the entry arvy
  • The moonlight was like a gigantic bolt of silk flung from Goddess Keep to Waes.2005, Melanie Rawn, The Star Scroll, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry moonrun
  • I hope everybody's satisfied!" She flung her hat on the floor and kicked it.2003, Mary Anne Kelly, The Cordelia Squad, page 121. From the entry make
  • Chani, Warrior Princess: She roams Dune, fighting demons, wearing stupid armour, and flinging Wonder Woman-esque rings around.2001 December 6, The log, “Movie mismatches”, in alt.fan.dune (Usenet). From the entry Wonder Woman-esque
  • He merely got tantalizing scraps of information flung at him from the boundary wall of faydom.1998, George Wyman Bury, The land of Uz. From the entry faydom
  • Investors are flinging money at foreign funds as if there’s no tomorrow.1994 January 31, Neil Weinberg, “Travel advisory”, in Forbes, →ISSN, page 136, column 1. From the entry as if there's no tomorrow
  • She took every fence at a gallop, she flung her heart over, Devil take the hindmost.1986 September, Valerie Sherwood [pseudonym; Jeanne Hines], chapter 5, in Nightsong, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry devil take the hindmost
  • He executed a series of gulps and headflips, veritably flinging the meat down his throat.1945, Jean Devanny, Bird of Paradise, page 110. From the entry headflip
  • He was flung full-length against ice that cracked brittlely under his impact.1930, Alice Alison Lide, Margaret Alison Johansen, chapter IX, in Ood-le-uk the Wanderer, page 134. From the entry brittlely
  • He won't trust the payer-on-the-nail as far as he could fling a bull by the tail.1920, Apple (of Beauty and Discord), volume 1, page 190. From the entry trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail
  • Then back-toppling, crashing back – a dead weight flung out to wrack, Horse and riders overfell.1919, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Complete Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, page 300. From the entry overfall
  • He flung himself into a chair and hunched his shoulders and looked at it.1919, Jennette Lee, chapter XVI, in The Rain-Coat Girl, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, published 1922, page 101. From the entry rumptious
  • The sun burst through the sullen clouds, and flung his lusty beams about the house.1912, Louis Pergaud, “Margot”, in Douglas English, transl., Tales of the Untamed: Dramas of the Animal World, New York: Outing Publishing…. From the entry lilly-low
  • His door was flung open, and a compact young man in uniform appeared, carrying Mr.1908, H. G. Wells, The War in the Air. From the entry rucksac
  • He had never expected to fling the soldier, or to be flung by Flea.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 136]. From the entry nip
  • Flinging himself on hands and knees he dragged the girl down with him.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 5, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC. From the entry glissade
  • Doffing her daydress, she flung about her a loose gown of white wool, heavy with embroidery.1900, Margaret Horton Potter, “Royal Visitors at Bristol” (chapter XXII), in Uncanonized, Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., page 405. From the entry daydress

Meaning of fling

  1. noun An act of throwing, often violently.
  2. noun An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
  3. noun An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.

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Questions about fling in a sentence

How do you use fling in a sentence?
Fling is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I had a fling with a girl I met on holiday.”
What is a short sentence with fling?
“a spring fling”
What does fling mean?
Fling means an act of throwing, often violently.

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