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'fly' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'fly' with 20 example sentences.

fly adjective

: (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

fly noun

: two-winged insects characterized by active flight

: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

: an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

: (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

: fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

fly verb

: travel through the air; be airborne

: move quickly or suddenly

: operate an airplane

: transport by aeroplane

: cause to fly or float

: be dispersed or disseminated

: change quickly from one emotional state to another

: pass away rapidly

: travel in an airplane

: display in the air or cause to float

: run away quickly

: travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

: hit a fly

: decrease rapidly and disappear

flying flies flew flown fly away fly over fly off fly out fly around fly-by-night fly to fly at
  • Birds fly south in the winter.
  • Birds flap their wings to fly.
  • You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
  • This pigeon flew from San Francisco to New York.
  • I've never flown in a plane.
  • We flew from London to New York.
  • Can you fly an airplane?
  • The ship was flying the American flag.
  • If I had wings, I would fly to you.
  • His house is full of flies.
  • Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.
  • The birds flew away in all directions.
  • The bee flew out of the window.
  • Flags of the world fly proudly at the United Nations headquarters.
  • Have you ever seen an elephant fly?
  • I'll be flying over the Pacific about this time tomorrow.
  • The plane is flying above the clouds.
  • A butterfly: a thought that flies.
  • Singing comes as naturally to her as flying does to birds.
  • I'm flying to Moscow tomorrow morning.

    • Words related to 'fly'

    soar flee flutter wing

    Words near 'fly' in the dictionary

    fluid flung flush flute flutter fly around fly away fly by fly in fly over