How to Use slings and arrows in a Sentence

slings and arrows

plural noun
  • Djokovic has been the target of many slings and arrows in recent months.
    — oregonlive, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Your daughter’s lifestyle will not protect her from the slings and arrows of life.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2018
  • But the big tree will have to fend off the slings and arrows of its urban location for a while longer.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2021
  • And can Valerie survive the slings and arrows launched by mean-girl debutantes?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Ideally, home and family should be a safe harbor from the slings and arrows of the rest of the world.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Nora suffers the slings and arrows of Roxanne, who calls her a coward.
    — Nick Schager, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Practicing self-care will give you more energy to deal with all the little slings and arrows of our health-care system.
    — Sandy Fernández, Redbook, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Rask is paid $7 million to suffer the slings and arrows, no matter how outrageous the fortune.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Strange is too smart, worldly, and compact to get bogged down in overly self-conscious musings about the slings and arrows of his budding fame.
    — Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022
  • Low inflation is the Fed’s plot armor, its vital protection again slings and arrows.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The physical pain Hernandez felt was nothing compared to the slings and arrows that dented her pride.
    — Walter Villa, miamiherald, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Both shows have also suffered the predictable slings and arrows from the sorts of fans, or quasi-fans, who think that only white actors ought to be cast in such stories.
    — Jo Livingstone, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Reason can’t make sense of the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune, but humor—sometimes—can soften the blows.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 May 2020
  • All the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and fortitude were there in full technicolor.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The Knights had wrapped the bronze warrior in duct tape from helmet to sandals to protect him from the slings and arrows and paint balloons of pranksters from across town.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Town & Country, 10 July 2018
  • Ada suffers the slings and arrows of mental torture more than the average protagonist.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Anyone can adapt a Broadway smash; much nobler to adapt a one-man show about turning 30 and suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous eye-rolls.
    — Vulture, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Neither a vindictive God nor the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune stood in the way of the human pursuit of satisfaction.
    — Time, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Pink may be known for her feats of derring-do, but there’s no fearlessness like withstanding the slings and arrows of being a reasonably outspoken public figure.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Some employees are born with pit-bull determination, while others are more vulnerable to the slings and arrows of workplace pressures.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 4 June 2021
  • Some employees are born with pit-bull determination, while others are more vulnerable to the slings and arrows of workplace pressures.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • LeBron can post shady stuff on Instagram about Brooks and seem like a normal man subject to the slings and arrows of a jerk by comparison.
    — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • While just a quarter of young birds survive the deadly gantlet of the Alaskan bog, some 90 percent of adults survive the slings and arrows of their southward migration.
    — Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Lopez’s forgiving nature can at least partially be attributed to having a partner who has also suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Feb. 2024
  • So yes, be specific about the behavior that bothers you, and stay in the moment (don’t launch into an encyclopedic recitation of previous slings and arrows).
    — Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2021
  • So yes, be specific about the behavior that bothers you, and stay in the moment (don't launch into an encyclopedic recitation of previous slings and arrows).
    — Amy Dickinson, Star Tribune, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Rugged Monster Mats are there to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous seaside adventure, while the sill plates are similarly ruggedized.
    — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The show deals with the emergence of a seemingly omnipotent gossip columnists, and maneuvers the slings and arrows of Regency-era high society.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 22 Jan. 2022
  • But perhaps none of the slings and arrows flung at Jackson has provoked as much outrage as the one the state House of Representatives loosed earlier this month.
    — Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Tua Tagovailoa has heard it all in recent months, absorbing the slings and arrows one year after experiencing outrageous fortune.
    — Rainer Sabin | [email protected], al.com, 17 July 2019

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