flown

1 of 2

past participle of fly

flown

2 of 2

adjective

: filled to excess

Examples of flown in a Sentence

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Adjective
The massive first stage has already been flown, landed, and re-flown. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025 The jovial candid photos of the leaders and their high-flown speeches amply testified to the event’s momentousness. New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022 And yet, Pearse’s rhetoric, while particularly high-flown, was not so uncommon in his time. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022 Even full-flown diabetes can be put into remission, Gabbay said, with a regime of diet, exercise and stress reduction and proper use of medications. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for flown

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

archaic past participle of flow entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

1626, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flown was in 1626

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“Flown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flown. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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flown

past participle of fly entry 1

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