How to Use fly into in a Sentence

fly into

phrasal verb
  • Down the line, one of the tents snaps and flies into the air.
    Edan Lepucki, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
  • The team will still fly into Cedar Rapids, which is about half an hour north of Iowa City.
    Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The nets, 6 to 12 meters long, have small pockets to hold birds that fly into them.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
  • Then, out of nowhere, a hummingbird flies into the frame and starts flitting around the bird of prey.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The force of the rocket blew up its launchpad and sent debris flying into the Texas shoreline.
    Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • As bullets came flying into the room, the teacher and students tried to take shelter in the corner, the teen said.
    NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
  • In another, Gauff had to stop serving because a bat flew into her line of sight and swooped around the court.
    Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Bernd Ebert, a curator at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, flew into town to retrieve it.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Many burners who fly into a nearby city opt to pick up an RV to complete the journey.
    Alden Wicker, WIRED, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The wind gets stronger, with loud, rackety gusts, and the café patrons exclaim and cry out, squinting to keep the dust from flying into their eyes.
    Edan Lepucki, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
  • Latisha Fox, who described herself as a longtime friend of the family, read the names of the victims as the balloons flew into the sky.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The teenager was thrown into the windshield, flew into the air and landed face down in the road, according to his great-aunt, Dorothy Lynch.
    Jeremy B. Merrill, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
  • It’s geared toward the tourist flying into LaGuardia Airport right down the street.
    Donovan Richards, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024
  • Collinsworth flew into Kansas City on Sept. 4, three days before the Kickoff game.
    Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Travelers fly into the airport in Paro, the main gateway into the country and head off from there.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Again, the rocket flew into the air, but this time, the parachute deployed, carrying it safely back to earth.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
  • Wild turkeys would emerge out of nowhere, scrabbling ahead of us in a conga line before flying into the trees.
    Chris Bohjalian, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Getting There and Back To make this quick trip work, fly into one city, and then out of the other, and book a seat on the high-speed Eurostar train to travel between the two.
    Harriet Baskas, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Some of his shots flew into a neighboring apartment, but none of them struck anyone.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The video shows her fly into the nest with a stick where Shadow is peacefully keeping the nonviable eggs warm.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
  • During the last big cicada swarm, an Ohio man claimed a cicada flew into his car through the open window and struck him in the face.
    Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 May 2024
  • Green flew into Vegas the day after a dramatic last-second win over the Phoenix Suns.
    Pueng Vongs, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Twitter flew into that quote, pointing out IU has had 19 games to get comfortable and missing the point.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Jan. 2024
  • In the summer months, there's also the option to fly into Durango, then board the train to Silverton.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2023
  • In the past, science has been limited to what can be flown into space because of launch size and weight restrictions.
    Steve Ganyard, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Many travelers may choose to fly into the Bay Area and make a trip of it, visiting multiple parks.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly into space.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The other came in Boston on the second half of a back to back in a situation where Minnesota had to fly into Boston on the day of the game.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Pearsall flew into Santa Clara last Friday for a one-day tour of the facility.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
  • Instead of flying into their targets like an inexpensive FPV does, a vampire drone bombs it from overhead.
    David Axe, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024

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