How to Use flying in a Sentence

flying

1 of 2 adjective

• What were the challenges of wrangling the flying footage?
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 June 2022
• With some help from the big guy in a red coat —and a flying E.T.-style bicycle??
  — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2020
• Joe West was bloodied when he was hit in the head by Bo Bichette's flying bat in the first inning.
  — Howard Fendrich, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
• The Common Swift is still technically the fastest flying bird in the world.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022
• Previously, the Portland used the laser to bring down a flying drone in May 2020.
  — CBS News, 16 Dec. 2021
• Overall, the trend for the B-21 is a refinement of the B-2A’s original flying wing shape.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2021
• But his act wasn’t only props and a flying-food finale.
  — Dennis McLellan, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2022
• In addition to his speedy weave record, the horse achieved the records for the highest free jump by a blind horse and the most flying changes by a horse in one minute.
  — Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
• Trump expressed some surprise that Giuliani was able to evade the flying lunch.
  — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 28 June 2022
• Pfarr helped the man clean and fix the aircraft and said the man, who had flying experience, seemed eager to fly it.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2021
• On the surface, Peele's film is the tale of a UFO which turns out to be a flying, carnivorous monster.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 24 July 2022
• During the match, Henry was wounded in the eye by a flying fragment of splintered lance.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
• Leclerc said had Perez not crashed, his final flying lap would have been even better.
  — Jerome Pugmire, ajc, 28 May 2022
• The flying field east of San Antonio, near Schertz, was named for one of those aviators: Capt.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 27 Feb. 2021
• One of his pursuers took a flying kick at his head and missed as Rittenhouse fired two errant shots from the ground.
  — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2020
• Attack from Mars fares better with the simple flying saucer toy).
  — Aurich Lawson, Ars Technica, 8 May 2018
• Like Bezos, Page has been drawn to the skies, putting money behind Kitty Hawk, a flying-car start-up.
  — Washington Post, 5 July 2021
• Bananas comes in with a flying kick to start higher on the wall, and Wes starts at the ground looking for the batteries, punching and kicking through the wall.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 June 2020
• Depending on the temperature, closet moths can take a month to two years to reach the flying stage.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
• Peacocks can fly, despite their large size and can reach flying speeds of up to 10 miles an hour, according to the World Atlas.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2020
• Franklin, for his part, flashed with a pass breakup and a couple of nice plays in the running game, including a flying hit of Nyheim Hines on the outside.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2022
• Only time will tell if there will be more flying Mexican food to look forward to this time around.
  — Chanel Vargas, Cosmopolitan, 25 Sep. 2017
• In 2018, the team launched the flying footwear on caps and jerseys as a way to honor Hispanic fans and communities.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2021
• Look for the distinct great square (actually a rectangle) that makes up the torso of the mighty flying horse.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 29 Dec. 2019
• One of the oldest airplanes in the U.S. Air Force has picked up a critical new mission: serve as a flying translator for two of the youngest planes.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2021
• There was tap dancing, flag waving, live pictograms, a flying drone globe.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 July 2021
• According to Greek and Roman mythology, the great square of Pegasus in the eastern sky is the torso of the big flying horse.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2019
• Someone could, indeed, spot a flying shark over San Diego someday soon.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2022
• Players just chatting with each other in the game would idle above cities in their flying mounts instead of standing around in crowds by the auction house.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 20 Sep. 2021
• While the Max’s flying ban could be lifted in the coming months, the model faces a tough competitor in Airbus’s A320 family of jets.
  — Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com, 6 Oct. 2020

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flying

2 of 2 noun

• This isn’t to say that flying is easy on the brain and body.
  — Katie Way, SELF, 7 Aug. 2023
• Then the came the whoosh of a net flying through the air and plopping into the water.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• Along with flying, kids will love that the dress and wings spin and light up as the toy moves.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 29 Oct. 2023
• The plane was used during World War II to train cadets on the basics of flying.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
• Those who have a fear of flying can now call a pilot to calm their nerves.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
• One child reaching up high to mom on the left and dad on the right, towing both in a flying-wedge.
  — Robert Richardson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
• But in the spring of 2022, after years of flying, Chris knew something was not right.
  — William R. Hoffman, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2022
• The strike blew apart the station’s control room, sending bricks and steel flying.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
• But the fact is, crypto investors are on a flying trapeze without a net.
  — Christine Romans, CNN, 15 Nov. 2022
• After about five days of flying, the men hope to land somewhere in Europe.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
• Super-low flying now is standard across the Ukraine war zone.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• In the process, Cruise helped Connelly conquer her long-time fear of flying.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022
• Running hard, helmet flying and head-first slides is the essence of Ramirez’s baseball heart.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
• How did the motorcycle ride stack up against the days spent sailing and flying?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022
• While ski flying ended here in 1994, the jump remains the only one for the sport in the Western Hemisphere (the others are in Europe).
  — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
• That doesn't mean, however, that flying will be less safe.
  — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
• The strong demand for flying means higher fares for customers.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
• Video of the incident shows glass flying as bullets pierce and break the driver’s side window.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2022
• When gentoo penguins turn, their bellies face the inside of the turn, which is the opposite of what planes and flying birds do.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
• For someone who was once afraid of flying, Danny Ramirez sure picks projects that force him to push through his phobia on screen.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 17 May 2022
• Nobody should ever tell a WASP that flying's not a woman's job.
  — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2022
• The other is when the airline has strong non-transatlantic business and adds this flying to extend the network.
  — Ben Baldanza, Forbes, 19 July 2022
• The weather was very windy in Zhongwei, sending sand and gravel flying.
  — Ziyu Zhang, CNN, 10 June 2022
• Zdarsky hadn’t yet crystalized a plan to escape, but as the trikes evolved, his flying took a more serious turn.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• In the airlines’ defense, many aspects of flying have improved.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2023
• This form of flying will be safer than any form of aviation that exists today.
  — Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• Those with a hefty flying or shopping habit may not always be amenable to the traditional 50/50 split.
  — Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• The flying trapeze forced me to focus my thoughts, manage my breathing, and talk myself through both frustration and fear.
  — Sherry Walling, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2022
• Other than [acting with] Bette, my second favorite thing was the flying.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2022
• For all your flying needs, here's our complete guide to all the services in Terminal 3 and Terminal 4 at the Phoenix airport.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024