Thesaurus results for FLUNG

flung

verb

Definition of flung

past tense of fling

as in threw

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 flung One half of the binary was captured by the black hole and the other was flung away. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026 For one thing, the odds just aren’t in favor of the theory; the War Wolf flung a single, albeit enormous, shot on the very last day of the siege. — ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026 The sudden loss of mass means the strength of the primary star’s gravity drops suddenly, causing the secondary companion to get flung out into space at dizzying speeds. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026 In that are shades of Woodstock 1994, where Green Day and the crowd flung mud at each other, and Dirnt wound up getting his front teeth knocked out by a security guard who mistook him for a fan. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 As the weight drops down, a lever and sling transfer this onto a lighter projectile, which can be flung to a distance at considerable speed. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 Once the pedestrian was flung into the Waymo’s lane, a decision to speed up would not have been safe, or even effective. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 At least 15 Tigers groundskeepers joined a seventh-inning squirrel chase that spilled into right field, where the critter ran into Leody Taveras’ glove and was accidentally flung skyward. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026 The moment when everything has been flung apart and is exploding in front of you. — Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flung

Verb

Police reinforcements were called late Saturday to the temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers in Sintiki, a few kilometers (miles) from the Bulgarian border, after migrants threw rocks at guards, according to police.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Clancy then ingested prescription medication, slashed her wrists and neck with a knife, and apparently threw herself head first out of a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the sternum down.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of threw

Verb

The person hurled the toy during the third quarter of the Dream’s 124-88 win, recalling a trend that began last season when objects were thrown onto the court at various games.

— Zach Powell, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Video shows the moments when the man, who appears to be a United States Postal Service employee, hurled an object at a rare albino peacock and then hit it with a stick last week.

— Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurled

Verb

In his second start since returning from the 15-day Injured List, Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan tossed five shutout innings and gave up four hits.

— Harvey Valentine, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Most injuries occurred as residents were tossed from beds or stumbled in the dark; trains and airport links were briefly disrupted, a Tokyo water main burst, and hundreds lost power.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026