flown
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Definition of flown
(Entry 1 of 2)
past participle of fly
flown
adjectiveDefinition of flown (Entry 2 of 2)
: filled to excess
Examples of flown in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The first and last pages of the flown Apollo 11 Flight Plan are also up for auction. — Fox News, "Apollo 11 artifacts owned by Buzz Aldrin up for auction," 13 July 2019 When high-flown sophistication meets grounded simplicity? — Sarah Mower, Vogue, "Il Pellicano x Birkenstock: A Dream Italian Vacation Plan Is Almost Here," 15 May 2019 The company has now flown 17 missions this year, and with half a dozen more on its manifest for the rest of the year, SpaceX seems likely to eclipse its record of 18 missions in 2017. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "A rocket goes up, a rocket comes down. The photos are something else," 8 Oct. 2018 Finally, early the next morning, both squids were loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane and flown post-haste to the U.S. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, "Operation Calamari: How the Smithsonian Got Its Giant Squids," 21 June 2018 The starting cost of a flown Falcon 9 is about $50 million, while new vehicles start around $60 million. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "With the landing of SpaceX’s powerful new Falcon 9, a new era of rocket reusability takes off," 11 May 2018 In the statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said protesters had burned tires and flown kites -- with what the statement described as burning items attached -- over the border. — Abeer Salman, Ian Lee And Andrew Carey, CNN, "UN Middle East envoy slams killing of Palestinian teen in Gaza," 20 Apr. 2018 There’s also plenty of high-flown debate about technology, freedom and inequality. — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, "Noam Chomsky, Elon Musk and Ayn Rand Walk Into a Puppet Show," 16 Apr. 2018 No other Muslim author, let alone one writing in high-flown classical Arabic, has had comparable influence on thinkers and scholars in both the Islamic world and the West. — Eric Ormsby, WSJ, "Why History Goes in Circles," 16 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'flown.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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