Synonym: coast, flee, glide, insect, run away, sail, wing. Antonym: crash, fall. Similar words: briefly, butterfly, flying colours. Meaning: [flaɪ] n. 1. two-winged insects characterized by active flight 2. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent 3. an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth 4. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air 5. fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect. v. 1. travel through the air; be airborne 2. move quickly or suddenly 3. fly a plane 4. transport by aeroplane 5. cause to fly or float 6. be dispersed or disseminated 7. change quickly from one emotional state to another 8. pass away rapidly 9. travel in an airplane 10. display in the air or cause to float 11. run away quickly 12. travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft 13. hit a fly 14. decrease rapidly and disappear. adj. (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked.
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121. My mother will fly in this evening.
122. My uncle give me money! Pigs might fly!
123. It costs a fortune to fly first class.
124. It is natural for a bird to fly.
125. The hours seemed to fly past.
126. He won himself two first-class tickets to fly to Dublin.
127. Then the woodcutter let his axe fly— Thwack! Everyone heard it.
128. After the invasion, people were forbidden to fly their national flag.
129. She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly.
130. You gain five hours when you fly from New York to London.
131. Allow about eight hours for the drive from Calais. Alternatively(sentencedict.com), you can fly to Brive.
132. Tom give up smoking ? Yes , and pigs might fly!
133. Apparently it's cheaper to fly than to go by train.
134. Despite a number of setbacks, they persevered in their attempts to fly around the world in a balloon.
135. I always ask for a window seat when I fly.
136. We watched a flock of birds fly over the field.
137. When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out of the mouth.
138. Can't you fly off with the rest of the team?
139. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he tells her the news.
140. As dusk fell, bats began to fly between the trees.
141. One of Australia's pioneering women aviators learnt to fly in the 1930s.
142. We lead a very happy life here. The only fly in the ointment is that there's too much traffic on our road.
142. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
143. The model glider looks fine, although the only way we can really put it to the test is to see if it will fly.
144. I'm looking forward to Sunday, the only fly in the ointment being the fact that I shall have to sit next to my mother-in-law.
145. The cattle disease occurs more or less anywhere in Africa where the fly occurs.
146. It's strange to see even a single fly in our city.
147. I wish I could be a fly on the wall when they discuss my future.
148. As a child he had thought he could fly, if he willed it enough.
149. What I'd give to be a fly on the wall when Davis finds out what's happened to his precious cargo.
150. Her boss would fly into a temper if a project wasn't done on time.