as in threw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it
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Recent Examples of flung
Social media was flooded with videos of people emerging dazed and dishevelled from Assad’s state prisons, in many ways the most potent symbol of his rule, which had been flung open by opposition forces.
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Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
These aurorae will result from the arrival of a coronal mass ejection (CME) flung out from one of the sun's sunspots, which will spark a geomagnetic storm in our planet's magnetic field and atmosphere tomorrow and the day after.
—Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Naturally, there's plenty of dysfunction as confessions are made, a turkey is flung across the table, a football game leads to a fistfight, and Claudia tries to maintain her sanity.
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Springfield, Ohio was flung into the spotlight during the election because of immigration.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
Two priests stood like marble cliffs at the edge of the altar, tossing holy water into the air to bless the many objects flung toward them.
—Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
The force of the explosion had flung his wife, Marwa Hamdan, against a wall and a piece of metal hit her in the head.
—Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Four crew members were flung into the water and later rescued.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
These aurorae will result from the arrival of a coronal mass ejection (CME) flung out from one of the sun's sunspots, which will spark a geomagnetic storm in our planet's magnetic field and atmosphere tomorrow and the day after.
—Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Naturally, there's plenty of dysfunction as confessions are made, a turkey is flung across the table, a football game leads to a fistfight, and Claudia tries to maintain her sanity.
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Springfield, Ohio was flung into the spotlight during the election because of immigration.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
Two priests stood like marble cliffs at the edge of the altar, tossing holy water into the air to bless the many objects flung toward them.
—Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
The force of the explosion had flung his wife, Marwa Hamdan, against a wall and a piece of metal hit her in the head.
—Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Four crew members were flung into the water and later rescued.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Flung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flung. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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