How to Use wing in a Sentence

wing

1 of 2 noun

• The guest room is in the east wing.
• She works in the pediatric wing of the hospital.
• In the library's north wing, you'll find the current periodicals.
• Pull the bolt towards you to secure the wings against the wall.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023
• My classroom is at the end of a first-floor wing, 20 yards from the exit.
  — Nick Fuller Googins, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• The two Delta planes clipped wings while taxiing on the airstrip late that morning.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
• An enormous wing is mounted off the sides of the back window.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
• For Flatland, the loudest cheers of the night came when Butts emerged from the wings with a microphone in hand.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
• Hardy is the owner and head chef of Coop Detroit and Jed's Detroit, a pizzeria and wing spot.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2023
• In flight, the bats cut a gothic figure, with swooping wings that span three feet.
  — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• For wing Ryan Matyas, Saturday’s match will be his 50th with the Legion.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
• Auriemma wasn’t even sure if the 6-foot-1 wing would start, but that quickly changed.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2023
• Halfway through the video, a second person appears on the stage and escorts Swardson to the wings, as the crowd boos.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• And finally, there is the question of the future of the left wing in Israel during and after the war.
  — Ksenia Svetlova, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2023
• There's also a towering rear wing and a roof scoop that feeds air to the 6.6-liter engine.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
• Zoe Kravitz’s wing is made all the more subtle through its hazy, barely-there finish.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
• Upgrades around the turn of the century added more powerful engines to the wings.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
• Billy Porter was carried in by six shirtless pharaohs and flew gold wings.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
• The two checked in with their respective friend groups and then spent two to three hours getting to know each other over wings.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• Where the play gains its wings is in the robbery that many of the cast inflicts on the story, stealing scenes with rapid fire precision.
  — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
• Or maybe a blended-wing body, which could be very different.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2023
• That’s because the two restaurants’ menus hit all parts of the day (such as pancakes for breakfast and boneless wings at night).
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
• In addition, Peltola Jr. also tied the moose's antlers to one of the wing struts, which could be seen in video taken by one of the hunters.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2023
• Drizzle it in eggs, add it to a sandwich, or use it as a dipping sauce for chicken wings — there are no rules.
  — Olivia Muenter, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• Just look at its sculpted carbon-fiber body kit that included what had to be the biggest wing on the show floor.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
• Golden Corral Don't miss the new wings and fried chicken on the weekday menu at the crowd-pleasing buffet.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 1 Sep. 2023
• Mitchell airballed his first shot attempt -- a left-wing 3-pointer.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2022
• Meanwhile, the Aztecs live in the midrange on offense, using their superior guard and wing strength to sink high-paint and high-post shots.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• Or making your mom’s recipe for black vinegar chicken wing stew.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
• The Quds Force is Iran’s unconventional warfare wing that has supported Tehran’s proxies and regional partners with money, weapons and equipment for decades.
  — Javed Ali, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024

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wing

2 of 2 verb

• She winged the ball over to first base.
• The soldier was winged by a stray bullet.
• The team winged to Moscow for the finals.
• On the other side of the ball, Cincinnati will spread the ball out and try to wing it around.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2017
• And all my practice winging it was added to the mix too.
  — Beth Woolsey, Woman's Day, 4 Oct. 2018
• Winter was on the way out, spring was winging its way in.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2018
• Don’t wing it or make last-minute changes and expect the same results.
  — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2020
• Get ready to have fun, because the quarterbacks will wing it all around the yard.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2017
• The tap on my neck, and the roar of the shotgun, and the gobbler winging out of sight seemed to happen all in same moment.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 19 May 2020
• In the spring, a lot of teachers had to wing it in the emergency switch to remote learning.
  — Jill Tucker, SFChronicle.com, 31 July 2020
• Brissett can wing it in a way Scott Tolzien never could.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2017
• With all the spices carefully measured and mixed ahead of time, cooks don’t need to stop and wing it when the chicken’s in the pan.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2021
• The best airlines of 2017 When planning your travel, don't wing it!
  — Benjy Egel, sacbee, 18 Jan. 2018
• The sheet music went missing, so Cale had to wing the ending.
  — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2023
• But winging it as the eagle for the morning wasn't too shabby.
  — Rob Manker, Naperville Sun, 23 May 2017
• What is college football to do with the CFP: set some standards or just wing it?
  — oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2020
• Flocks of the rare birds can often be spotted winging overhead at dawn and dusk.
  — National Geographic, 11 May 2018
• For me, travel was all freedom, new places, and, well, winging it.
  — Crystal Paul, The Seattle Times, 7 Aug. 2018
• Others just wing it and type whatever comes to their mind.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2022
• Winging it with nuclear weapons in play doesn’t seem like a very good idea.
  — Mercury News Editorial Board, The Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2017
• This hints at the major element driving so many millions of birds to wing out of the north — the coming lack of food.
  — Val Cunningham Contributing Writer, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
• Snider grew tired of that routine a few years back and started winging it a little more.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 14 Apr. 2018
• At over 10 pounds, adult loons are generally too large for a bald eagle to kill and wing back to its nest.
  — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 27 May 2020
• What about this video of a saucer losing its tractor-beam grip on a cow and sending it winging over the treetops?
  — Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
• Brass inlays, many heart and winged shaped, were installed into the fretboard.
  — Matt Wake, AL.com, 20 June 2017
• Well, not the corpses themselves, but the blow flies, flesh flies, and other squirmy, wriggly things that wing their way to corpses in the minutes and hours after death.
  — Matt Reynolds, Wired, 15 Feb. 2022
• Virgo August 23-September 22 There's no telling what could wing its way to you on a day like this.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2023
• Both are slowly winging north through our area now, stopping at some feeders along the way.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 16 Feb. 2018
• The love winging around the room scares her with its annihilating force.
  — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• Because really, all of us — all of us — are winging it.
  — Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2018

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