Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: slung
IPA transcription: [sl'ʌŋ]
Usage examples
  • He carried a fowling-piece slung at his back.
  • A hammock was slung from the ceiling which in the daytime was lashed up so as to take but little room.
  • The Tommies, their packs and accouterments slung, were waiting the summons to continue their return march.
  • Instantly reining their steeds, one of them slung some simple questions at me, designed, no doubt, to throw us off guard.
  • The sound of their voices came to me indistinctly; but I could hear the deep bass of the man as he slung some scornful exclamation out upon the moist air.
  • Each had a long stout walking-stick: and slung from the shoulder a leathern bottle for water, and a wallet containing his greatest treasure--a book or two and some relics.
  • This inner door Montgomery at once closed. A hammock was slung across the darker corner of the room, and a small unglazed window defended by an iron bar looked out towards the sea.
  • He was climbing up some tree of fabulous height to reach the branch whereon was slung her bonnet: he was falling, and she was struggling to save him, but held back by some invisible powerful hand.
  • Next morning he got up before the sun rose, put the holy water into a strong flask, and two bottles of wine and some meat in a basket, slung them over his back, took his alpine staff in his hand, and set off for the mountains.
  • But he must do something; and, a little later, with seventy-five cents in his pocket, and some food tied in a bundle, which he hung on the end of a stick, slung over his shoulder, he walked one hundred and twenty miles back to New Hampshire, to see his relatives.