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flown

/floʊn/ adjective A2
  1. Suspended in the flies. · flown scenery
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I depend on you for that.’” To these high-flown expressions Elizabeth listened with all the insensibility of distrust; and though the suddenness of their removal surprised her, she saw nothing in it really to lament: it was not to be supposed that their absence from Netherfield would prevent Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 135 · B2
And the butterfly has flown
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 22 · C1
Well, having seen the back of Caulfield Gardens, I visited the front and satisfied myself that the bird was indeed flown.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 29 · B2
But you can’t expect me to visit here again in a hurry, if I’m liable to be flown at and insulted in such a fashion.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 67 · C1

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