Examples of flying in a Sentence

Adjective a story about a flying car a flying attempt at finishing the work Noun had never had the slightest fear of flying

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective 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 The flying-horse carousel might not have been to everyone’s taste, but the popcorn—its sweetness just short of kettle corn with a jolt of buttery liquor—surely was. — David Shribman, WSJ, 21 July 2022 Someone could, indeed, spot a flying shark over San Diego someday soon. — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2022 Keith took a flying puck to the mouth in Game 4 of the 2010 Western Conference finals against the San Jose Sharks. — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2022 Plenty of others spend their time watching the sky and documenting unidentified flying object sightings. — Maria Gutierrez, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022 Trump expressed some surprise that Giuliani was able to evade the flying lunch. — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 28 June 2022 Remnants of the meals of two flying reptiles were described in a paper published in February in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 6 June 2022 What were the challenges of wrangling the flying footage? — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 June 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Yes, flight cancellations are up, but flying has always been annoying, remember? — Sara Stewart, CNN, 21 July 2022 As mentioned above, smarter charging protocols could cut into this gap; Wang also said that FAA regulations require reserve flying time which also means the batteries will never be fully discharged. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 July 2022 This is the situation of summer 2022 transatlantic flying. — Ben Baldanza, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Cruise paused to pose with the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, famous for stunt and trick flying. — Amanda Taylor, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2022 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 The explosion sent debris flying and its concussive force shifted a stationary camera recording the test from a distance. — Dan Carson, Chron, 13 July 2022 The changes show that for flyers who are flexible and are traveling between airports where there is a high amount of private jet flying, so less need for repositioning flights; there are finally some deals. — Doug Gollan, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Fraser is a flight attendant for Allegiant and has about a year’s worth of solo flying experience. — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 8 July 2022 See More

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