Thesaurus results for FLINGING

flinging

verb

present participle of fling

as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it

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Recent Examples of flinging The forward Agustin Canobbio was red-carded in the final seconds after grabbing referee Ismail Elfath’s arm and flinging it away. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026 The video showed the person flinging open the office door and opening fire from the hallway. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2026 The players rotated quickly, setting flurries of picks and cutting, creating space by driving to the basket, stretching the defense to the point of breaking, and then flinging the ball to the open man in the corner. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 June 2026 My summer version of Jay Gatsby flinging his silk shirts over a balcony is filling a room with dainty cotton blouses and dresses in sweet floral motifs. — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 5 June 2026 Here's Joe Biden's worst trade acquisition, Brittney Griner, flinging Angel Reese around like a rag doll to take us home. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 But with the far right ascendant, simply flinging open the country’s borders would be too great a political risk. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026 Another video showed Chonkers reemerging from the water, flinging himself onto a dock full of smaller sea lions who, save for one apparently brave animal, fled at the sight and reverberations of their massive neighbor. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026 Sam instead proposes that the performer dance to it without music, a prompt that is followed by Anne Hathaway flinging herself across the room, dragging her body across the floor in a hypnotic spectacle that seems to convey struggle, possession, and loss of control. — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

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Barczi, a 6-foot-3, 217-pound catcher, suffered an injury in his throwing shoulder on a slide during a game against Eastern Michigan.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Rangers starter Jacob deGrom left after throwing 80 pitches in five innings because of an issue with his left hip and leg.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of throwing

Verb

English soccer fans have earned a reputation for violent hooliganism, hurling plastic chairs and brawling their way across the piazzas and boulevards of Europe.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 3 July 2026
One of his favourites was dal paran — a traditional folk competition which involves hurling stones off the side of a mountain.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 27 June 2026

Definition of hurling

Verb

Serve up the comforting flavors of chicken pot pie with less pressure by simply tossing all of the ingredients into your Dutch oven.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
As the actor who originated the role, Johnson fares a bit better as Maui, smirking and preening and repeatedly tossing Moana off her own boat in attempts to commandeer it for himself.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of tossing

Verb

To match the online-review enthusiasm for its pizza-slinging predecessor, Boran Coffee will need to execute at a high level.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2026
The Maestro star was previously spotted slinging sandwiches at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, where Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs ultimately lost to Cooper's beloved Philadelphia Eagles.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026