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How to use flying in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun

Flying means that flies or can fly. Example: “Flying ferries are the watercraft of the future!”

Examples of flying by meaning

adjectiveThat flies or can fly.

  • a flying rumour
  • in a sudden hail of exploding flying glass

adjectiveCapable of foiling.

  • Flying ferries are the watercraft of the future!

adjectiveDesignating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.

  • He brands his cow W (flying W) or — (two-bar).1911, Boys' Life, volume 1, number 1, page 25
  • Wyles cut the fence, keeping the Flying D cowboys occupied rounding up their cattle.2013, Janette Kenny, One Real Cowboy

nounAn act of flight.

  • "Flyings" could vary considerably in complexity and lavishness and could involve an actor or property being either lifted from the stage into the flies above or vice versa.1993, John C. Greene, Gladys L. H. Clark, The Dublin Stage, 1720-1745, page 58

More sentences with flying

  • A flying ace is usually one with five or more confirmed kills.From the entry kill
  • One moment the company was flying high, the next it was on its knees.From the entry fly
  • This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.From the entry nasty
  • When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room.From the entry connect
  • I'm flying to London where I connect with a flight heading to Hungary.From the entry connect
  • How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage?From the entry stage
  • When it occurred, I was flying to New York a great deal.From the entry -ing
  • Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.From the entry flying saucer
  • Today I conquered my fear of flying by finally boarding a plane.From the entry conquer
  • Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies.From the entry sally
  • Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.From the entry fond
  • The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger.From the entry upside down
  • With bullets flying, all I could do was get down and pray.From the entry get down
  • He passed the test with flying colors, as everyone had expected.From the entry with flying colors
  • The mute swan, being one of the world's heaviest flying birds, can have a laborious takeoff.From the entry takeoff
  • His idol bowled a leg break that was sent flying for four.From the entry leg break
  • This bore is no good: the no-go pin is flying right into the first half of it.From the entry no-go
  • His friend bowled an off break that was sent flying for six.From the entry off break
  • He cut his teeth on flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.From the entry cut one's teeth
  • People from other planets have supposedly visited Earth in flying saucers.From the entry supposedly
  • The bee was flying around my head, but then it buzzed off.From the entry buzz off
  • My favorite novelist was on a flying visit to London last week for a book signing.From the entry flying visit
  • You'd better wind down that wind-up toy before you take it apart, or pieces might go flying.From the entry wind down
  • I was a discounter of UFOs until I saw a flying saucer myself.From the entry discounter
  • I'm flying to Castile next week. It'll be the first time I’ve been there.From the entry first time
  • People from other planets have supposively visited Earth in flying saucers.From the entry supposively
  • This mission is not part of our annual flying schedule; it will be NFA.From the entry NFA
  • His ambitious plan to build a flying car died on the vine.From the entry die on the vine
  • The new restaurant got off to a flying start, packing out every night.From the entry flying start
  • The company had five Beeches for flying its top executives around.From the entry beech
  • How embarrassing. I didn't notice that I was flying without a licence.From the entry fly without a licence
  • If they don't like it, they can take a flying leap for all I care!From the entry take a flying leap
  • Some hooligan sent a brick flying through the window, and the bang sent us running out of the building.From the entry send
  • His career is really flying at the moment.From the entry fly

Meaning of flying

  1. adjective That flies or can fly.
  2. adjective Brief or hurried.
  3. adjective Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.

Full definition of flying

Questions about flying in a sentence

How do you use flying in a sentence?
Flying is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Flying ferries are the watercraft of the future!”
What is a short sentence with flying?
“a flying rumour”
What does flying mean?
Flying means that flies or can fly.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: flying (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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