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• I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!From the entry pine
• That looks like a good spot to sling up your hammock.From the entry sling up
• Don't you sling off at me anymore!From the entry sling off
• There's plenty fo places to sling up there.From the entry sling up
• She slung over everything to be here today.From the entry sling over
• Is that the kind of ideas you usually sling out?From the entry sling out
• They slung out products that nobody bought.From the entry sling out
• He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".From the entry sell
• Dewar, one-handed still, rootched in the bag slung at his hip and found the jemmy bar.2018, Elizabeth Willey, A Sorcerer and a Gentleman, Gateway, →ISBN. From the entry rootch
• When you're in your virtuous couch you're not slung out of it.2015, A. Bertram Chandler, Alternate Orbits. From the entry virtuous couch
• Bolts, pitons (pegs), slings and other assorted ironmongery were used for directly aided climbing.2014, John White, The Indoor Climbing Manual, page 183. From the entry ironmongery
• Hand and wrist isometrics and isotonics are performed in the sling.2011, Robert A. Donatelli, Physical Therapy of the Shoulder, →ISBN, page 66. From the entry isometrics
• Slings keep your hands free while holding your baby right where you want her.2010, Suzanne Fredregill, Ray Fredregill, The Everything Breastfeeding Book. From the entry babywearing
• His interest, aside from slinging sinkers as a sidearming right-hander, was medicine.2009 March 19, Ben Shpigel, “Medicine’s Loss Could Be the Mets’ Gain”, in New York Times. From the entry sidearm
• A Yengisar knife is essential for every Uygur man, who wears it slung around his waist.1993, Judy Bonavia, The Silk Road From Xi'an to Kashgar, Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 276. From the entry Yengisar
• Noticing Barri’s glum expression, he slung his arms around Barri’s and Melanie’s shoulders.1991, Ellen Ashley, chapter 9, in Understudy (Center Stage; 3), New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Girls Only, →ISBN, pages 135–136. From the entry it's not over 'til the fat lady sings
• Bad weather, damaged multileg slings, and limited weekend availability for National Guard skycranes caused planning problems.1984, Thomas A. York, “Construction and Maintenance of Delta Creek Airstrip”, in Engineer, volume 14, number 4, page 35. From the entry skycrane
• A small square sail, an artemon, was slung under the bow to act as a headsail.1980, Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 34. From the entry artemon
• Batteries, weak-field resistors and air reservoirs are slung under the main frame between the bogies.1960 July, “The first G.E.C. 25 kV. a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419. From the entry air reservoir
• Splints and slings, already described, are easily artificed out of small saplings or from stiff bark.1922, Appalachian Mountain Club, The A.M.C. White Mountain Guide: A Guide to Trails in the Mountains. From the entry artifice
• A sling of cargo knocked him off ship on to whari.1913, Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. From the entry yardrope
• He had the tail-block slung round his neck, and the end of the gantline over his shoulder.1909, William Hope Hodgson, The Ghost Pirates, Chapter IV. From the entry gantline
• Now ye sling a couple o' saplings acrost the durrt ye've chucked out.1904, Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond), The Magnetic North. From the entry acrost
• The sling of tissue is supposed to release during defecation.2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times. From the entry continence
• I'm pretty good with a knife and a sling shot!2022, Brian Stewart, Journey to Patmos. Donkey Ollie. From the entry hoop jumper
• I tried to look at it, bowed my head and gazed upon a brown old looking sling bag.2021, Vanessa Alimboyong, Beautifully Tragic, Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry sling bag
• It seems inevitable that an elite institution in a democratic republic will suffer the slings and arrows of populist discontent.2021 October 17, J[ames] Harvie Wilkinson III, “Opinion: Supreme Court term limits wouldn’t solve anything”, in The Washington Post…. From the entry slings and arrows
• Simulating the batik sling used by Balinese mothers, guests relax into aerial silk hammocks, most commonly used for antigravity yoga.2019 October 21, Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, “Family travel five: Treat yourself while on vacation”, in Chicago Tribune. From the entry antigravity yoga
• I built an anchor, tied her a diaper harness with a sling, and clipped both of us in.2019 March 6, Drew Hardesty, “Life, Death, and PTSD as a Ranger in the Tetons”, in Outside, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2021. From the entry diaper harness
• As a kid, I suffered the slings and arrows that most of us with such foreign names grow up with.2014 August 20, Mark Potok, “What’s in a Name?”, in Southern Poverty Law Center. From the entry unkind
• Watson-ish waistcoats slung with chains heavy enough to pull the Queen Mary to port—it all fits the steampunk aesthetic.2013, K[evin] W[ayne] Jeter, “Foreword”, in Katherine Gleason, Anatomy of Steampunk: The Fashion of Victorian Futurism, Race Point…. From the entry Dr. Watson-ish
• He reaches for a sword that is slung, still in its scabbard and belt, over the back of the thronelet.2012, Ankaret Wells, Firebrand. From the entry thronelet
• He wore khakis slung so low that five inches of his underpants showed—dark blue boxers with big white polka dots.2011, Les Roberts, The Cleveland Creep: A Milan Jacovich Mystery, page 87. From the entry underpants
• Sling bags are another variety that have caught the fancy of DU students because of their sheer style.2011 June 27, Muskaan Tandon, “DU's bagging it”, in The Times of India. From the entry shareef
• His rifle was slung over his shoulder and he made a right-face at the corner, heading toward Shaw and Longtree.2011, Len Levinson, The Rat Bastards Book 10: Kill Crazy, PREMIER DIGITAL PUBLISHING, →ISBN. From the entry right-face
• If you want real freedom to nurse anywhere, consider babywearing, or carrying your child in a sling or carrier.2010, Suzanne Fredregill, Ray Fredregill, The Everything Breastfeeding Book. From the entry babywearing
• Carry a ladder upright, not slung across your shoulder.2009, Albert Jackson, David Day, Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-To, rev. edition, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Books, Sterling Publishing…. From the entry ladder

Meaning of sling

1. verb To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
2. verb To throw with a sling.
3. verb To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

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Questions about sling in a sentence

How do you use sling in a sentence?

Sling is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!”

What is a short sentence with sling?

“a Singapore sling”

What does sling mean?

Sling means to throw with a circular or arcing motion.