Slung

Examples

• There were two of them, with rifles slung on their backs and flashlights in their hands and they were shouting too. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Around his neck was slung a tin bottle, as I had often seen his meat and drink slung about him in other days. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Some wore their steel helmets but most of them carried them slung from their packs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• At his back was a quiver of arrows slung from a leathern shoulder belt, another piece of loot from some vanquished black. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Robert Jordan slung his pack on his back and walked over to the horses to find Maria. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• This little instrument was slung in a case looking like a cartridge box, and its sensitive roll was able to receive 100 successive pictures. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Sola glanced at the accouterments which were carried in my hand and slung across my shoulder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• In front of him he saw, in the gaslight, a tallish man, walking with a slight stagger, and carrying a white goose slung over his shoulder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• A stone slung might kill a bird or even a man, but it was not very effective against big game. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As he passed he stooped down and picked up the submachine gun and slung it over his shoulder again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The boats when done with ought to have been slung up again in their places. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Take this, the man said and rolling on his side he pulled a wineskin that he wore slung from his shoulder over his head and handed it to Sordo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Pablo was sitting on the big table in front of the Mayor's chair with his shotgun slung over his back. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He was watching the round, bristly head of Pablo, sunk in his shoulders as he rode, his automatic rifle slung over his shoulder. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Each wore a large, flapping hat, a brown linen pouch slung over one shoulder, and carried a long staff. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The soldier slung his rifle on his back and picked up the bags. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He promised to communicate with me, when anything befell him; and he slung his bag about him, took his hat and stick, and bade us both 'Good-bye! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Anselmo saw Robert Jordan run up the bridge, coil of wire over his arm, pliers hanging from one wrist and the submachine gun slung over his back. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The gypsy, Rafael, was coming toward them through the rocks, carrying a pair of cloth saddlebags, his rifle slung on his back. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The Indians, as I saw on looking closer, had small hand-drums slung in front of them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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