Flinging

Examples

• Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Flinging the old man from him, he rushed from the room, and darted, wildly and furiously, up the stairs. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• On his flinging open the door the rays of the candle fell upon a woman closely wrapped up, who at once came forward. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mrs. Crawley seized her hand, pressed it to her heart, and with a sudden impulse, flinging her arms round Briggs, kissed her affectionately. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Simultaneously the little boat spun around and shot out toward the Gulf Stream like an agitated and very erratic rocket, flinging great sheets of spray high into the air as it sped. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She surprised him by turning, in full Fifth Avenue, and flinging her arms about his neck. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I put a Nap or two down, said Jos with a superb air, flinging down a gold piece. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Kiss me,' said the child, climbing up the low gate, and flinging his little arms round Oliver's neck. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Yes; Napoleon is flinging his last stake, and poor little Emmy Sedley's happiness forms, somehow, part of it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Sir, it removed my veil from its gaunt head, rent it in two parts, and flinging both on the floor, trampled on them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The rabbit made itself into a ball in the air, and lashed out, flinging itself into a bow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The train swayed again, almost flinging Miss Bart into his arms. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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