Thesaurus results for FLINGING

flinging

verb

present participle of fling

as in throwing

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 flinging Another video showed Chonkers reemerging from the water, flinging himself onto a dock full of smaller sea lions who, save for one apparently brave animal, fled at the sight and reverberations of their massive neighbor. —

Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026 Sam instead proposes that the performer dance to it without music, a prompt that is followed by Anne Hathaway flinging herself across the room, dragging her body across the floor in a hypnotic spectacle that seems to convey struggle, possession, and loss of control. —

Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 Theron, meanwhile, hurls herself into the sinewy action sequences that have increasingly been her home turf over the past two decades, flinging herself down hills and into rivers and navigating some precarious rock-climbing terrain. —

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026 After flinging the puck into the offensive zone, he and Kings winger Jeff Malott got tangled along the benches. —

Peter Baugh, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Kevin Thompson was physically and vocally imposing as the curse-flinging Bonze. —

Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 11 Apr. 2026 The Wolverines danced their way off the floor, Mara flinging a towel around his head. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026 Plus Yosh Nijman, Ekwonu’s backup and the Panthers’ swing tackle, suddenly retired earlier this month — flinging the Panthers’ offensive line plan into even narrower straits. —

Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026 The film, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, hits theaters this summer and marks Holland’s fourth solo outing as the web-flinging superhero. —

Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026

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Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, is accused of throwing a rock at the head of an endangered Hawaiian monk seal — one of the rarest marine mammals in the world — earlier this month in an incident caught on camera by beachgoers.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Special props to the jolly axe-throwing head of adventure, Nye Rees; personable Brasserie maitre d’, Javier Padron; and trainer Peter Sullivan, who explained the finer points of fasting for women whilst crucifying my glutes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026