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flew

Pronunciation: [fluː]

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Learn how to use flew in a sentence: 6 audio examples across 2 meanings.

Context: “movement”

(verb) to move through the air using wings. Birds and airplanes can fly, meaning they go up in the sky and move around from one place to another.

Example

The bird flew high in the sky where it could see everything.

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The bird didn’t fly away; it stayed on the branch.

Example

Did the airplane fly over the mountains yesterday?

Context: “passing time”

(verb) to pass quickly or to seem to go by very fast. When you are having fun, time can feel like it flew by.

Example

The party was so much fun that the evening flew by.

Example

The meeting didn't fly by; it felt really long and boring.

Example

How did that week fly by so quickly?

How to pronounce flew

Pronunciation: [fluː]

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