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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Threwpreterite of throw.

    A broken rock the force of Pyrrhus threw:
    Full on his ankle fell the pond’rous stone,
    Burst the strong nerves, and crash’d the solid bone. Alexander Pope.

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  1. threw

    The word "threw" is the simple past tense of the verb "throw." It refers to the action of propelling or launching an object through the air with force, using one's arm or hand.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Threw

    imp. of Throw

  2. Threw

    of Throw

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Threw

    thrōō, pa.t. of throw.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'threw' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3227

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'threw' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3578

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of threw in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of threw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of threw in a Sentence

  1. William Gay:

    I dealt with a lot of anger because I felt like, 'Why me?' I threw out that question a lot. I got to a point where I didn't care. I felt like no one cared about me. Didn't care about school. I started lashing out at people.

  2. Alex Cora:

    Chris Sale actually threw today. Chris Sale felt good. Chris Sale stopped by the office and( I was) like, ‘ No, we’re not doing that,' hopefully Chris Sale has a chance to start again here in October.

  3. Bob Melvin:

    He said he did. I didn’t think he did, and then in the meantime Rhino was telling me after talking to our replay that it was a foul ball and he thought he was talking to him and threw Rhino out. So I was trying to defend Rhino and tell him that he was telling me that it was a foul ball, not him, and I stayed out there too long. I shouldn’t have gotten thrown out but I was trying to defend Rhino.

  4. John Hinkle:

    I don't like to try new stuff during league or tournaments, so I really haven't had time to throw it, and then Monday, the 12th, when I threw it, we had already won the league, so it was our last week of bowling and no one could catch us, so I was like, [it's] the perfect time to try this ball out.

  5. Lambert Maute:

    Police detained around 400 violent protesters who threw stones at officers and attacked them with fireworks.

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