fly into
phrasal verb
flew into; flown into; flying into; flies into
: to be overcome by (sudden extreme emotion)
He flew into a rage.
They flew into a panic.
Examples of fly into in a Sentence
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While many folks fly into the country’s capital, San Jose, Charlotte Douglas International Airport offers direct options to Liberia, year-round.
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Deanna Taylor, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2024
Later that day, Biden and Emhoff will fly into Saginaw County and speak at a political event in Midland on the Lower Peninsula before flying from there into Detroit.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024
The high-profile movie will fly into cinemas on June 26, 2026, DC and Warner Bros. announced Tuesday.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
What airports are closest to Shenandoah National Park? Travelers to Shenandoah can fly into any of the airports near Washington, D.C., such as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which is only about 72 miles from the park.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
The Daily Mail reported that Meghan flew into Heathrow Airport from Los Angeles, meeting up with her husband at the airport’s VIP Windsor Suite Thursday evening.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
And after all that, Amazon must persuade users to sign up to have an 80-pound, six-rotor drone flying into their yard to drop a box from several feet up onto the giant QR code mat that the craft uses to identify a customer’s drop-off point.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 7 May 2024
Advertisement In the past, 17-year-old Johanna Gonzalez had struggled with mental health problems, hearing voices and flying into uncontrollable fits and outbursts.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
The year after his death in 1991, and then again in 1997, some of his ashes were flown into orbit, but they were returned to Earth in the first case and disintegrated in the atmosphere in the second.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024
Deanna Taylor, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2024
Later that day, Biden and Emhoff will fly into Saginaw County and speak at a political event in Midland on the Lower Peninsula before flying from there into Detroit.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024
The high-profile movie will fly into cinemas on June 26, 2026, DC and Warner Bros. announced Tuesday.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
What airports are closest to Shenandoah National Park? Travelers to Shenandoah can fly into any of the airports near Washington, D.C., such as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which is only about 72 miles from the park.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
The Daily Mail reported that Meghan flew into Heathrow Airport from Los Angeles, meeting up with her husband at the airport’s VIP Windsor Suite Thursday evening.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
And after all that, Amazon must persuade users to sign up to have an 80-pound, six-rotor drone flying into their yard to drop a box from several feet up onto the giant QR code mat that the craft uses to identify a customer’s drop-off point.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 7 May 2024
Advertisement In the past, 17-year-old Johanna Gonzalez had struggled with mental health problems, hearing voices and flying into uncontrollable fits and outbursts.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
The year after his death in 1991, and then again in 1997, some of his ashes were flown into orbit, but they were returned to Earth in the first case and disintegrated in the atmosphere in the second.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024
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“Fly into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20into. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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