Example sentences for: throw

How can you use “throw” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • À propos of this diversity of styles, it might be remarked that diversifiers have often been discriminated against by critics, who would have would-be Renaissance-men specialize; they throw a cordon sanitaire around respective artistic endeavors with a rapidity and thoroughness that is most unhealthy.

  • It ineluctably reminds me of the favorite execrable pun perpetrated by those who seem to be in the throes of learning English: “Let's throw a little light on the subject,” said the man as he turned on the lamp.

  • The LAT says that although fewer than half of Americans own a home personal computer and fewer still surf the Internet, the suit could throw the computer industry and the economy into turmoil.

  • "What NATO has done--faced with the atrocities of Kosovo--has been to stay on the other side of the road, to make a note of the criminal's address, and to throw stones through the window of his home later that night," he wrote.

  • One surprise sport you may not have expected to practice in Berlin is hang-gliding, but it is, in fact, possible to throw yourself off the Teufelsberg, where you can also do a little skiing and sledding in winter (see page 64).


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