Definition

Examples

• "Now nobody wants to join us, and when we march in the street, we have to duck to avoid rotten fruit thrown by angry onlookers."
• "Zack Fielding, described as a shy loner by his classmates, threw a range of sweets, including jelly beans and candy corn, during a 10th grade math class."
• "Why did the man throw his clock out of the window?"
• "A fellow student said "Zack was careful not to throw the candy directly at people, but a caramel square did land quite near my foot"."
• "(ahem) Throw your hands in the air"
• "You drop a ball thrown at you;"
• "Where did you learn to throw like that?"
• "Bollocks is well known as a "splatter painter" or a "drip painter", which simply means that he stood on top of his canvases and threw the paint down onto them. Bollocks was an alcoholic, and often painted while drunk, as even novice museum-goers can guess."
• "A 15-year-old boy wreaked havoc today at White Dove High School when he pulled out candy from his bag and threw it "quite hard" at fellow students."
• "Bruno says that he is going to throw him out the window when he finds him, but I believe Horatio is hiding him in one of the smaller offices."
• "Here, Sigourney, throw me that ball would you?"
• "However, parade-goers were horrified when Delavigne was thrown from his throne on top of the "Nose Float"."
• "Unfortunately, Philip dropped it in a cup of coffee and then Horatio threw it out of the window for a reason unbeknownst to me."
• "Sigourney : Yes, but these measures, don't you think they're just throwing money at a problem, without thinking long-term?"
• "Hey hey, there's no need to throw things!"
• "I threw them away when Bruno bought me the MP3 player."
• "Mr. Stevens : No, they throw the food at me."
• "So if you find a pile of records in the garage, don't throw them away!"
• "Jean : Who is the man throwing the ball?"