How to Use fly in a Sentence

fly

1 of 2 verb

• Thanks to an air fryer, they're done in a flash and will fly off the platter in no time.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2023
• Lohan flew in from Dubai to walk the red carpet at the Jan. 8 premiere.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
• The team flew along at full throttle for almost all of the first couple of hours.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
• As Seales was due to fly from Italy to the U.K. with the scrolls, a storm hit, grounding all commercial flights.
  — Will Henshall, TIME, 21 Oct. 2023
• At the end of Tar Beach, the girl tells her little brother that anyone can fly.
  — Andrew Limbong, NPR, 13 Apr. 2024
• Last month, Kelce flew in to support girlfriend Swift in Buenos Aires ahead of her weekend shows in the city.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 Dec. 2023
• Between all of the fun in the sun, Johnson flew back to the U.S. for his latest business venture.
  — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
• In the middle of the heart, the design includes a sculpture in the middle with 17 birds flying above it.
  — Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• Jennifer Lopez was flying solo for her big night as a co-chair of the 2024 Met Gala.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
• The college’s flag will be flown at half-staff this week in his memory.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• Unlike pepper spray and mace, which cannot fly, the Birdie alarm can travel with you.
  — Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
• Some even fly on airplanes before they’re released back in the wild.
  — Jason Gulley Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Who wants to fly in an empty plane of an unknown airline?
  — Hossein Derakhshan, WIRED, 21 July 2023
• The front suspension and larger 8-inch wheels help absorb all the lumps and bumps the scooter flies over.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 29 Sep. 2023
• That’s a major delivery on the promise of the Triton, which first flew in 2013.
  — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 28 Sep. 2023
• Even if a bird looks only stunned and can still fly, most will succumb to their injuries.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 12 July 2023
• Best times to buy plane tickets in 2024 Is January the cheapest month to fly?
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
• And a childhood friend was ready to talk her through any crises, and to fly out to Denver to help if necessary.
  — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
• The group used a strobe light to try and signal for help while watching aircrafts fly overhead.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
• What’s ironic is my son just left last night to fly to North Carolina.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• His team flew drones equipped with lidar instruments up to 500 metres high to map the movement of the plume.
  — Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
• The blue muscle car then flew off the road in the air and crashed into a power pole and two palm trees, the station reported.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2023
• In trying to fly too high, Rio 2 does too much flailing and floundering to soar.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The best bet that Boeing will fly out of this tailspin is that Mollenkopf will guide its board to choosing the right pilot.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is for grabs, minus the flying car—though there is room for one.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2023
• On Voyager’s final night aloft, Burt Rutan flew up in a chase plane to greet his brother.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 8 May 2024
• In this odd game of Mouse Trap, the cast pairs agility with absurdity amid flying and rolling balls.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Earhart embarked on her quest to fly around the world in the summer of 1937 with her navigator, Fred Noonan.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• The victim was flown to a hospital in Columbus, the sheriff’s office said.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2024
• Stone got Profar to fly out to center field and Kim to fly out to right, keeping his perfect game intact.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024

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fly

2 of 2 noun

• The fly shades the tent, protects it from rain, and keeps in heat.
  — Lindsey Lapointe, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
• The way the Cook would rub lime over his forehead to keep the flies away.
  — Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
• Have your child push the rocket all the way up to the top of the line, then let go and watch the rocket fly!
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• Then there’s the sound of flies, harbingers of a death scene.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
• The huge rain fly has kept me dry through heavy downpours.
  — Scott Canon, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• Five flies buzzed about the front line deli’s handwash sink.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• Bee-Like Robber Fly Which is the bee and which is the fly disguised as a bee?
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2023
• For Bontrager, the process started with a lot of learning on the fly.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2023
• To prevent this tragedy, arm yourself with a way to record your thoughts on the fly.
  — WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
• But Stoffal got back-to-back fly outs to end the threat and breezed through the next three innings.
  — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023
• That move likely saved the south arm’s brine shrimp, brine flies and the birds that depend on them.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• For those bugs, check out our guides on how to get rid of gnats and how to make a homemade fly trap.
  — Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
• His band is performing this all on the fly and in real time.
  — Anthony Bryant, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
• Chickens are fed a diet of fly larvae bred on the farm.
  — Brett Anderson Adam Riding, New York Times, 8 May 2023
• And there was a lot of adjusting on the fly because of our amount of shoot days, and people went with it.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
• Place tied lavender bouquets around your house to help keep flies out.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Aug. 2023
• George Kell made two and three, with a liner and routine fly to left fielder Don Lund.
  — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
• Wyatt Hensler failed to advance Appel with a fly out to right field.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• Police chief Tim Page said St. Johnsbury wants to help these migrants, but not on the fly.
  — Wilson Ring, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2023
• Much of the time, the best reporting comes from being a fly on the wall, blending into the background.
  — Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• Waters was right to be skeptical about a sale being closed on the fly.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2023
• So what’s the hardest part of learning a new position – and one of the most challenging ones at that – on the fly?
  — Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
• They’re made of a soft cotton blend denim, with a mid-rise waist, zip and button fly, pockets, and a slouchy fit through the leg.
  — Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
• That’s a great change that will make swapping loadouts on the fly possible.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 16 Feb. 2023
• Drop down to a little weight for bent-over flies, for example, or pile on the plates for more intense squats.
  — Talene Appleton, menshealth.com, 12 May 2023
• Once the team flipped that switch, the female flies had the ability to just do the whole reproduction thing on their own.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• And that requires a lot of prototyping and a lot of reinvention on the fly.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2023
• Plenty of pockets give the bib pants flair and function and the easy-to-adjust shoulder straps can be tightened on the fly.
  — Douglas Schnitzspahn, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
• The first step in choosing a fly line is understanding the weight system.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 6 July 2023
• Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers hit a high fly ball off the left field wall that would have been a fly out in most parks.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 1 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024