Wondering how to use Fling in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as throw or intemperance.
Fling meaning
- An act of throwing, often violently.
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
Synonyms of Fling
Using Fling
- The main meaning on this page is: An act of throwing, often violently. | An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance. | An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
- Useful related words include: throw, intemperateness, intemperance, spree.
- In the example corpus, fling often appears in combinations such as: fling with, spring fling, to fling.
Context around Fling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fling
- In this selection, "fling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spring, pre, former, artist, whenever and claimed stand out and add context to how "fling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a surprising fling despite j and c final fling end of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fling" sits close to words such as accorded, akpabio and amending, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I fling the bag onto the grass, hold the gift up until it touches my nose. (16 words)
Last year's Spring Fling vendor show collected over $1,900 in donations for the Twinkie Foundation. (17 words)
Next I’ll steal a skateboard, get started on crack cocaine and have a fling with a stripper. (18 words)
For instance, his family is introduced quite caustically: it’s clear that his father thinks he’s a disappointment, his sister obviously enjoys making fun of him, and my god, he’s got a daughter from a fling whom he barely even acknowledges. (43 words)
A group of us were having this heated conversation about how fickle men really were and how ready they always were to have a fling whenever the opportunity presented itself, no matter how serious their current relationship was. (38 words)
In the aforementioned Kidd scene, the girls were talking about Wendy Seager and Sam Carver's fling, which is a new development in the show, but instead of discussing this further, the conversation needlessly shifted to Severide. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
After a few make out sessions, it’s clear this fling is just a fling, because of George’s work-wife, aka his male business partner.
Instead of announcing the Spring Fling artist at the close of Pre-Fling, the musician will now be revealed during a Facebook live at 7:30 p.m., the post read.
A group of us were having this heated conversation about how fickle men really were and how ready they always were to have a fling whenever the opportunity presented itself, no matter how serious their current relationship was.
At the end of last month Echard agreed to a paternity test, after the former fling claimed in her lawsuit that he had previously refused to take one.
Earlier in the trial, the jury heard from a woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who had a fling with Cashman, a father-of-two with a partner of 22 years.
Even some of those who believe Trump did have a fling with Daniels and paid her off to avoid embarrassment think the link somewhat tenuous.
Fifty athletes from thirteen different athletic clubs based over seven counties competed in the and District A.C, "Final Fling" end of season track and field meeting.
For instance, his family is introduced quite caustically: it’s clear that his father thinks he’s a disappointment, his sister obviously enjoys making fun of him, and my god, he’s got a daughter from a fling whom he barely even acknowledges.
From his fling with Raquel, to revealing more about his infidelity, Tom has already owned up to some ugly truths.
I fling the bag onto the grass, hold the gift up until it touches my nose.
In fact, the closest the multimillionaire couple got to addressing the alleged fling was when Victoria said his move to Spain "was the hardest period because it felt like the world was against us".
In the aforementioned Kidd scene, the girls were talking about Wendy Seager and Sam Carver's fling, which is a new development in the show, but instead of discussing this further, the conversation needlessly shifted to Severide.
It's unclear if she finds out about Ben's new fling, but if she does, she won't be happy about it.
It turned out that it is common for some local bachelors to just fling themselves in the nearest ditch for a sleep after drinking too much in the pub.
ITV bosses, including Dame Carolyn McCall, have been under pressure to admit what they knew and when about the veteran presenter's fling with a much younger colleague.
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Last year's Spring Fling vendor show collected over $1,900 in donations for the Twinkie Foundation.
Martian Manhunter and Fire had a surprising fling, despite J'onn's fear of fire, making it an unusual affair for the hero.
Next I’ll steal a skateboard, get started on crack cocaine and have a fling with a stripper.
Nya gets back out there in a fling with a handsome stranger for the first time since she and her husband headed for Splitsville.
Common combinations with fling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- fling with 39×
- spring fling 22×
- to fling 16×
- had fling 8×
- summer fling 8×
- his fling 7×
- fling the 5×
- brief fling 5×
- the fling 5×
- fling it 5×