FLY in a Sentence

Learn FLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
371 example sentences for FLY, such as:
1. The bird caught a bug on the fly.
2. A word spoken is an arrow let fly.
3. You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
4. Birds have the inborn ability to fly.
5. His soul did from this cold world fly.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of FLY
fly
 n.  an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
 v.  move quickly or suddenly
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The old ones turn em out o their nest an make em fly an they're scattered before you know it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  She could fly into a passion without making a noise.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  One day the robin remembered that when he himself had been made to learn to fly by his parents he had done much the same sort of thing.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
4  But then she said indulgently that humans were always more clumsy and slow than Eggs and most of them never seemed really to learn to fly at all.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
5  He saw birds come and dip their heads to drink in it and then flick their wings and fly away.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
6  But with the closing sentence his hand began to curve and steal forward; and the instant the "Amen" was out the fly was a prisoner of war.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
7  His soul did from this cold world fly.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII.
8  Than fly to others that we know not of.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI.
9  So then I got a shovel, and then we picked and shoveled, turn about, and made the fur fly.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI.
10  "Well then let the bird fly," said the Princess; and she positively refused to see the Prince.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SWINEHERD
11  It is, no doubt, cold enough in your woods, but there at least is the breath of liberty; therefore fly away.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
12  So then they thought they would fly up to the sky, and have a joke there.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
13  And now we are by the smithy, where the fire is blazing, and where the half-naked men are banging with their hammers till the sparks fly about.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE ELDERBUSH
14  When the moon came they set out, but they found no crumbs, for the many thousands of birds which fly about in the woods and fields had picked them all up.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
15  The bird's duty was to fly daily into the wood and bring in fuel; the mouse fetched the water, and the sausage saw to the cooking.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
Example Sentence: (161 in 11 pages)
1  Birds have the inborn ability to fly.
2  Don't give up when you are able to fly,to dream and to love.
3  Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.
4  Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when your wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
5  If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings.
6  Pigs may fly, but they are very unlikely birds.
7  Whether you fail or fly, at least you tried.
8  There isn't enough wind to fly a kite.
9  A word spoken is an arrow let fly.
10  The bird caught a bug on the fly.
11  You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
12  Snow clothes, with snow and tender heart, more holy than the clouds, more hot than fire, in the cold wind to fly, burning in the dark.
13  The plane did not fly the usual commercial route.
14  Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for gravity, which brings them down to earth.
15  Despite a number of setbacks, they persevered in their attempts to fly around the world in a balloon.