Sentence examples for flung from inspiring English sources
The word 'flung' is correct and usable in written English
It is a verb which means to throw something forcefully or suddenly. Example sentence: She flung her book across the room in a fit of rage.
If the interview has gone well, you will see them tucking into great slabs of fresh cream cake, their coats flung carelessly across the tables, wishing fellow diners good morning and engaging in casual conversation with all and sundry, including the Albanian waiters.
Ighalo went close when he flung himself at Almen Abdi's corner as the visitors began to dominate the game.
Security guards in wellies mill around a bashed-up maroon car with its doors flung open, seemingly abandoned in the arched entrance beside the isolation unit.
Related: Fulham 4-3 Middlesbrough | Championship match report Five minutes later Brighton almost ended their goal drought but Heurelho Gomes flung himself to his left to parry a snap shot from the edge of the box from Chris O'Grady.
Those celebrations were interrupted as objects rained down upon them, Branislav Ivanovic struck on the neck by a cigarette lighter, with plastic bottles and coins among the other debris flung at them.
This was the Victorian critic John Ruskin's nightmare when he denounced Whistler's Falling Rocket with its abstract wisps of colour as a pot of paint flung in the face of the public.
After the comforts of the Australis and the clear blue skies, we were perhaps due a taste of the harsh elements that had made this far-flung land barely inhabitable.
A few green observers think the Tory manifesto is pretty strong on the natural environment, with plans to create huge marine protection zones around the UK's far-flung overseas territories, to plant 11m trees at home and to charge 5p for plastic bags.
While galactically jazzed at the opportunity to see Jedi, a film I'd only experienced second-hand through action figures and a Panini sticker album, I was acutely aware that family tradition dictated a far-flung woodland walk on Boxing Day.
Given the constant threats of online bullying, porn, violent video games and the rest, it's little wonder I spend the remaining 40% of my time Googling far-flung places to emigrate to the day they hit 10.
In the 21st century, there is no more romantic way to see the far-flung reaches of the globe than by boat.
