Flung in example sentence

Here the author's outburst came to an end, and he proceeded to take up the thread of his story, saying that the keeper, seeing that Don Quixote had taken up his position, and that it was impossible for him to avoid letting out the male without incurring the enmity of the fiery and daring knight, flung open the doors of the first cage, containing, as has been said, the lion, which was now seen to be of enormous size, and grim and hideous mien.

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So even if you flung a million of these things out of orbit, the chances that one would actually hit us is fairly remote.

The only thing that it is capable of feeling is the absolute value of this emotional equation, the exact distance that you have been flung from yourself.

Stars die by this same intersection, this time flung outward in a violent collision of smaller atoms, intersecting and efficiently fusing into altogether new and heavier things.

Say, "Daughter, I stood there with the moment drawn on my face like a dagger, and flung it back at itself, slicing space for you."

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