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
  • The cedar wax wing, with its black mask and fuzzy crest.
    Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 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
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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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