Sentence examples for like a sling from inspiring English sources

Savvy Supreme swept past the two leaders like a sling shot.

In hunting rhea, guanaco, and other animals in open country, the bola is whirled like a sling, then thrown parallel to the ground to entwine the quarry's legs.

Allied to these spear-throwers is the becket, a short length of cord that operates like a sling, causing the hurled spear to spin as it flies.

"Think about the rotation in Tiger Woods's hips, or the classic shot of Koufax with his arm essentially being used like a sling shot and trailing his body".

The inferior oblique muscle originates from the floor of the orbit, passes under the eyeball like a sling, and is attached to the sclera between the attachments of the superior and lateral rectus muscles.

Ms. Dominick watched, mesmerized by his timing, the line arching back like a sling shot, and as it went forward the bait pirouetted on the water surface and then sank.

If done correctly, when you let go of the deck, letting it drop down on a flat surface, the rubber band should act like a sling-shot, causing the spectators card to come flying out from the deck.

Saying Felton wasn't as spry as Steve Nash is like saying a sling shot isn't as good at hunting bears with a rifle, but the rest of the team fit.

In cases like this, improvising a sling from clothing is better than using no sling at all.

In the blink of an eye, or several eyes, the ball was moved like a stone from a sling, with Robin van Persie sending Young away down the left, and Young passing it to Wayne Rooney.

(Work if you must, the authors say, but at least consider a job that will let you wear your child in a sling, like clerking in a baby shop).