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How to use wing in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Wing means an appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly. Example: “I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.”

Examples of wing by meaning

nounAn appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.

  • The bird was flapping its wings

nounPart of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

  • I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.

nounPassage by flying; flight.

  • to take wing

nounA part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the...

  • the west wing of the hospital
  • the wings of a corkscrew

nounEither of two similar parts of something.

  • Until that point is settled both wings of your deductions are purely in the air.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

nounA protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.

  • It's a bit annoying but (like sanitary pads with wings) it's worth it if you want to stay extra secure.2017, Laura Bates, Girl Up, page 8

nounA position in several field games on either side of the field.

  • Smith started the game in the centre of midfield, but moved to the wing after 30 minutes.

nounA player occupying such a position; a winger.

  • The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC

More sentences with wing

  • The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.From the entry meet
  • I don't know their system, but I think I can wing it.From the entry wing it
  • I didn't study for today's test, so I'll have to wing it.From the entry wing it
  • I was entranced by the colorful fluttering of the butterfly's wings.From the entry fluttering
  • Now a professor himself he has young students under his wing.From the entry under one's wing
  • You can recognize this species of bird by the banding on the wing.From the entry banding
  • They had to move the plane back from the runway to deice the wings before takeoff.From the entry deice
  • Most tiger moths have broad, striped (hence the name) or spotted wings.From the entry tiger moth
  • If the wings aren't big enough, your paper airplane will fly like a rock.From the entry fly like a rock
  • My little brother Trevor was so giddy he finally got his blood wings today!From the entry blood wings
  • The binervate wings of this species are elongated and nearly transparent.From the entry binervate
  • Spoilers flared out from the wings, causing the plane to decelerate.From the entry flare out
  • His sudden career change was a bit of a wing and prayer.From the entry wing and prayer
  • The candidate’s speech had nothing to offer but wings and prayers.From the entry wing and prayer
  • O for the wings of a dove.From the entry for
  • Peters finds Jinkins, who is running down the left wing.From the entry find
  • The MiG-17's inner wing has 45 degrees of sweep.From the entry sweep
  • I could destroy some wings right now.From the entry destroy
  • Look! There's a UFO off our left wing!From the entry off
  • Startled, the wood pigeon flew off, its wings flapping noisily.From the entry flap
  • My offside wing mirror got snapped off.From the entry offside
  • The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.From the entry drum
  • The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.From the entry torment
  • After being found liable for the crash that killed several passengers, the captain of the downed airliner lost his wings.From the entry wings
  • There was a hairline crack in the airplane's wing.From the entry hairline
  • He took the promising student under his wing.From the entry under one's wing
  • Three pounds of chicken wings? Now that's a man-sized meal.From the entry man-sized
  • I could see the dog running behind me in my wing mirror, but couldn't do anything about it.From the entry wing mirror
  • After seeing half the senior staff walk out, the school opened the new year on a wing and a prayer.From the entry on a wing and a prayer
  • The army had its wing in the air.From the entry in the air
  • The airplane stalled and crashed after its wings iced up.From the entry ice up

Meaning of wing

  1. noun An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
  2. noun A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
  3. noun Human arm.

Full definition of wing

Questions about wing in a sentence

How do you use wing in a sentence?
Wing is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.”
What is a short sentence with wing?
“to take wing”
What does wing mean?
Wing means an appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wing (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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