How to Use go flying in a Sentence
go flying
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His words go flying, bouncing off the glass walls.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
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Limbs go flying and are reattached.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Godfrey said, adding that pieces of the gavels would go flying through the air in the House.
—Christopher Keating, courant.com, 16 Mar. 2021
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Sometimes skiers go flying into the crowd.
—Cari Shane, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
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Hit a rock and just go flying and fractured my hip in multiple places.
—Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026
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On the count of five, everyone lifts the sheet and gives it a good tug, so the hearts go flying high.
—Catherine Holecko, Parents, 29 July 2024
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So, electrodes that fall off or go flying are anything but ideal.
—New Atlas, 18 July 2026
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Watch out — whoever is slower will see their pieces go flying!
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022
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So parents can relax with burgers and beers while the kids go flying overhead.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2021
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Rubber edges keep the bento box firmly in place on the lunch table so food doesn’t go flying.
—Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
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Steel cords hold shade canvases in place, so there are no pesky umbrellas to go flying off.
—Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 19 Aug. 2020
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If the tray tables are left open and down, things on them could go flying and become dangerous.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2023
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Boards go flying, but skaters applaud their peers, encouraging them to try again.
—Tom Nouvian, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024
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Carefully cut off and dispose of the puffballs before the seeds go flying.
—oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022
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Oxley said that loose trash can go flying when the carts are emptied, and operators don’t have time to chase it down.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
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Watch the actions, always, but, as Marge Piercy wrote, let the words go flying.
—Mary McNamara Culture Columnist and Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2020
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Flowers and debris go flying as the vehicle then smashes head-on into a tree.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
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Colorful lights flash, music booms and people go flying by overhead.
—Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com, 24 Sep. 2020
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Claire Williams' home has been a landing pit for speedy drivers that lose control behind the wheel and go flying into her home.
—Emmett Jones, Fox News, 3 May 2022
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Stop the planet suddenly, and everything sitting on top of it would go flying eastward.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2021
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The fight for a loose basketball can make for some interesting photographs as bodies go flying around the floor.
—cleveland, 28 Dec. 2020
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Russell is eventually seen sweeping props off a desk, causing a person in the corner to cower as objects go flying.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
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Wearing a plaid long-sleeve shirt and glasses, Drew started jamming causing her neat bun to come undone and red sunglasses to go flying.
—Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
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The tree totters, ornaments go flying, and cats skedaddle in this sing-along picture book for children ages 3 and older and their families.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
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Hash, who wants to become a professional pilot, is grateful for the assistance, and plans on soon meeting up with Yates to go flying.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 6 Apr. 2023
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Our experts particularly like that this organizer has zippers, so all of your most important things won't go flying during a hard stop or a quick turn.
—Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 22 Mar. 2023
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Otherwise, your body parts may go flying in different directions, leaving you and your underwear pieces in a bad situation.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2022
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The shatterproof glass is designed with an explosion-proof membrane, which means that even when accidentally broken, mirror fragments won’t go flying across the room.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2024
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Any magnet powerful enough to pull your protons into alignment is going to be powerful enough to make metallic objects go flying in different directions.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
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The race is already splitting loyalties and forcing Richmond’s political elite to pick a favorite child, as endorsements go flying.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
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