Crossword-Solution: FLINGS
We have 13 clues for the answer “FLINGS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Brief affairs | 1 answer |
| Capricious indulgences | 1 answer |
| Casual affairs | 1 answer |
| Frivolous affairs | 1 answer |
| Highlanders' dances | 1 answer |
| One-night stands, say | 1 answer |
| Projects with gusto | 1 answer |
| Results of some dating app matches | 1 answer |
| Affairs of the heart | 2 answers |
| Casts away | 2 answers |
| Casts | 6 answers |
| Sprees | 11 answers |
| Tosses | 12 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with FLINGS (5)
There either, say they, reigns the eternal hush Of night that knows no seasons, her black pall Thick-mantling fold on fold; or thitherward From us returning Dawn brings back the day; And when the first breath of his panting steeds On us the Orient flings, that hour with them Red Vesper 'gins to trim his his 'lated fires.
Always shall I be teased with semblances, With cruel impostures, which I trust awhile Then dash to pieces, as a careless boy Flings a kaleidoscope, which shattering Strews all the ground about with coloured sherds.
The strokes of his plunging arms are fleet, And with all his might he flings his feet, But the water-sprites are round him still, To cross his path and work him ill.
Writhing in agony, he flings himself upon the burning pyramid, followed by Dejanira, who, in despair, sees too late that she has been but a tool in the hands of Nessus.
You don't begrudge the trials grim when joy has come to you; You don't recall the dreary days when all your skies are blue; And though you've trod a weary mile The ache of it was all worth while; And all the stings And bitter flings Are wiped away upon the day Success comes dancing down the way.
Quotes with FLINGS (3)
Late twenties, single, female. Do the math. Flirty flings were fabulous until you hit the big three-O, all downhillfrom there. Biological clocks started ticking like time bombs waiting todetonate, gravity exerted more force on your life than your mom, andsuddenly, the dog-ugliest creep looked like Jake Gyllenhaal.
The clown is a creature of chaos. His appearance is an affront to our sense of dignity, his actions a mockery of our sense of order. The clown (freedom) is always being chased by the policeman (authority). Clowns are funny precisely because their shy hopes lead invariably to brief flings of (exhilarating?) disorder followed by crushing retaliation from the status quo. It delights us to watch a careless clown break taboos; it thrills us vicariously to watch him run wild and fr…
And under the cicadas, deeper down that the longest taproot, between and beneath the rounded black rocks and slanting slabs of sandstone in the earth, ground water is creeping. Ground water seeps and slides, across and down, across and down, leaking from here to there, minutely at a rate of a mile a year. What a tug of waters goes on! There are flings and pulls in every direction at every moment. The world is a wild wrestle under the grass; earth shall be moved. What else is …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 12 times in crossword archives (1970–2024).