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 The impact flung trillions of tons of debris into the sky, and much of it headed right into that yawning atmosphere and into Earth’s orbit. — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 The moment when everything has been flung apart and is exploding in front of you. — Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026 Any intimations of exclusivity have gone out the window, just like the liquor bottles, condoms — and one TV — flung from balconies. — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026 The tourist who was attacked by a bison on Friday at Yellowstone National Park is recovering after being flung into the air. — Zoe Cummings, Washington Post, 13 July 2026 And as Hunter bounded to the dugout, Bonds lifted him off the ground and flung him over his shoulder like a bag of mulch or a sack of potatoes. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 July 2026 In it, a black SUV is pointed toward a white van, its door flung open. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 Clay Lockhart, in his despair, likely flung himself over the cliff’s edge that night. — Literary Hub, 9 July 2026 Not only that, but now thanks to FIFA’s actions, the floodgates of appeals, sanctioned or not, have flung open. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 7 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flung

Verb

Cade Gibson, Calvin Faucher and Tyler Zuber combined to allow one run over three innings before Pete Fairbanks threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his 16th save.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
Pete Fairbanks, the Marlins' fifth pitcher, threw just seven pitches while earning his 16th save with a perfect ninth.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of threw

Verb

While the violent mobs who hurled stones at marchers in 1966 are long gone, civil rights advocates say their demands remained strikingly familiar and that the threat to democracy has not disappeared.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Resinous pine cones can also ignite and be hurled hundreds of meters by wind, helping fire spread.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of hurled

Verb

As Mars’s gravity slung the spacecraft onto the next leg of its journey, mission scientists used the opportunity to put its multispectral imager through a full dress rehearsal.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 21 July 2026
Luke Shaw broke into open space down the left just past the half-hour mark and slung in a cross intended for his striker, but Zirkzee was several steps behind the penalty spot when the ball was delivered, unable to attack it when he was needed most.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 July 2026