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.
  • Get ready to spread your wings!
    Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • And there are more in the wings.
    David Szondy may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
  • The wings won’t rip off in a gale.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The wind from its wings brushed her skin.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • One of the league’s best two-way wings.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • He wasn’t used to long balls down the wing.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Put the wings on a sheet tray in the fridge overnight.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • So, at some point the whole wing is gonna fall off.
    David Pogue, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Bethea doesn't even try to hide his own left-wing bias.
    Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In a large bowl toss wings with oil and salt to coat.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Transfer wings to a large bowl.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Give those chicken wings a kick.
    Brennan Long, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • Is the player a guard, a wing or a big?
    Law Murray, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • The secret to quick and easy game day wings?
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The wing’s bark pairs with plenty of bite.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This is centered on a new front wing and floor.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • The swan-neck tap, with its two silver wings.
    Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Make homemade wings that'll win on game day.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Travis jerked open the door and slid on his butt down a wing that was on fire.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Their wings have to make more 3-pointers.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 24 May 2026
  • Colton could be one of Drury’s wings on a new-look third line.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The stage would be set up to look like the wings and dressing rooms.
    Lauren Rothery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Pair these wings with a cold beer for a tip-top tailgate treat.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Tony Joe shows up with a three-piece and just wings the whole thing.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • His eyes are opened wide, his mouth stands open and his wings are outstretched.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
  • Their wings beat up to 80 times a second.
    Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The headboard shape boasts the same curved ‘wings’ as those high-back chairs.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 Apr. 2026

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.
  • And these glittery winged ones!
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Is a shift to wing enough to change that across a full season?
    The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t wing it or make last-minute changes and expect the same results.
    John Kennedy, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Other speakers do not prepare and just wing it.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Gomez kept her nails short and styled the mani with a high ponytail, winged liner, and glowy skin.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Get ready to have fun, because the quarterbacks will wing it all around the yard.
    Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2017
  • For me, travel was all freedom, new places, and, well, winging it.
    Crystal Paul, The Seattle Times, 7 Aug. 2018
  • The sheet music went missing, so Cale had to wing the ending.
    Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Flocks of the rare birds can often be spotted winging overhead at dawn and dusk.
    National Geographic, 11 May 2018
  • But winging it as the eagle for the morning wasn't too shabby.
    Rob Manker, Naperville Sun, 23 May 2017
  • Plan some time to just wing it and enjoy each other's company.
    Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2022
  • Snider grew tired of that routine a few years back and started winging it a little more.
    John Adamian, courant.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Invest in quality bird seed mixes that winged friends will eat.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Both are slowly winging north through our area now, stopping at some feeders along the way.
    Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Brass inlays, many heart and winged shaped, were installed into the fretboard.
    Matt Wake, AL.com, 20 June 2017
  • 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
  • And don’t just wing it; create a document that can be reviewed and edited.
    Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • Emma De Luca, who came in third, also winged it.
    Brian Cheung, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The love winging around the room scares her with its annihilating force.
    Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
  • Barose then smudge the blue shadows along both lash lines, winging out the edges with black for serious drama.
    Victoria Ontman, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2014
  • 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
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, her fringe was combed off to one side of her forehead above a classic, sparkly smoky eye and winged liner.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
  • 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
  • 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

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