fly into

phrasal verb

flew into; flown into; flying into; flies into
: to be overcome by (sudden extreme emotion)
He flew into a rage.
They flew into a panic.

Examples of fly into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Calvin Stovall, 71, flew into LA from Florida for the weekend to attend Games 1 and 2. Morgan Smith,jennifer Liu, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024 Walz will fly into Gallup, New Mexico, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and head to a get-out-the-vote celebration in Window Rock at 2:45 p.m. Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024 Aircrafts manned by hurricane hunters fly into the center of the storm to collect radar and wind data. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024 The initiative collects cards written by students, which are then flown into space aboard the commercial rocket and then returned to them as a memento. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fly into 

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“Fly into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20into. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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