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 -
Paul and Jessica fly off in an ornithopter and evade their pursuers by flying into a storm.
— Max Evry, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
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