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How to use the word THREW in a Sentence?

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Tiny children were dying of hunger. They were taken to a truck. They dug a big hole and threw them all in. There were arms and legs there… and they threw earth over them without any ceremony.

Liubov Yarosh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We would have lunches and celebrate each other’s birthdays and have our coffee – maybe way too many during Pumpkin Spice Latte season, cindy Jarrin actually threw me a birthday party one year at the office.

Cindy Jarrin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s important to remember that in his statement to police said he got a checkbook, used only two checks and threw the rest of the checkbook in a manhole, i don’t believe that, I believe he defrauded other companies and other people.

Bruno Simões

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The only reason I'm sitting here is because someone threw my name into this whole thing.

Brian Jordan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He threw the ball well, he just didn't have the command. They fouled off a bunch of pitches too.

Dusty Baker

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It was amazing, him and (catcher Elías) Díaz were connected. He threw the ball really well against a good lineup.

Colorado Rockies

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

He changed his return position, that's why I did it. He was standing very close to return [initially], he was struggling a little bit on the first-serve return. So he stepped probably two meters further back. As soon as I saw him step further back, I threw the underarm serve in.

Andy Murray

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

He threw a pretty good 3-0 pitch — started middle, went away from me and didn’t put a great swing on it. But that’s baseball, you get lucky sometimes.

Jeff McNeil

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Oh the Rolls Royce was amazing, i was like, ‘Oh, new dream car,’ and it had an all orange interior. Itwas gorgeous. I went to Miami, and my four best friends joined me down there, and we threw this big birthday thing at The Sugar Factory. It was amazing. I was so astonished by, like,I really didn't think it was gonna be that big, and I was so excited.

Hannah Gosselin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They threw me to the ground and took away our generator.

Vasiliy Tsvigun

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What did I see ? I had the ball and I was like :' Oh, crap. I'm going to get stuck,' i threw it to the backboard.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I threw it to the backboard.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

President Trump and I threw out the JCPOA and brought Iran to heel through a successful maximum pressure campaign. We gave successive administrations a roadmap to ensure our allies’ security and bring stability to the Middle East. The Biden administration plans to throw it all away, any deal that enriches Iranian terrorists won’t last.

Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My body wasn't healing right, i couldn't really point at one thing. We threw everything at it. When I was shut down, I basically didn't do anything. I just let it heal on its own for a few weeks. I got back into my training right away. The first two weeks, I felt a little tightness in there. It went away, and I haven't thought about it since.

Mike Trout

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We threw everything that we had at this moment, we got people out to vote for a candidate (in Biden) they weren't that excited about. We elected climate champions., We did action after action. We showed up at the debates. We pressured people to increase their ambition. We even sat in on policy formations.

Varshini Prakash

Found on CNN
2 years ago

With him coming off so many ball screens and us switching up coverages, I think it kind of threw him off.

Andrew Nembhard

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Los Angeles was Los Angeles, in a nutshell, the state preemption threw a huge kink in our efforts towards carbon neutrality. This isn't the first time the state has preempted things that have made us go back to the proverbial drawing table and figure out how we get creative and innovative in a space where we don't have funding.

Nicole Antonopoulos

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The process of coming out as being trans and continuing to swim was a lot of uncertainty and unknown around an area that's usually really solid, realizing I was trans threw that into question. Was I going to keep swimming ? What did that look like ?

Lia Thomas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

To see people treated like they did, horses barely running over, people being strapped – it's outrageous, i promise you, those people will pay. There will be an investigation underway now and there will be consequences. There will be consequences. President Biden. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The comments outraged Border Patrol agents, who argued the president threw the officers under the bus while not understanding what the reins were actually used for. The letter, which was signed by Texas Reps. Chips Roy, Brian Babin, and Michael Cloud, as well as Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Scott Perry, R-Pa., Mary Miller, R-Ill., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., quotes an anonymous DHS official saying they.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He threw a pass you would see someone throw messing around in pregame or something like that, and it was right on the money, he does ridiculous stuff like that all the time. I guess I learn to expect it.

Grayson Allen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When I saw an opportunity where he wasn't in a good position, I made sure the two gentlemen who were still with me that they were ready to go. The exit wasn't too far away, i told them to go. I threw a chair at the gunman and I headed for the door, and all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired.

Charlie Cytron-Walker

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I tried to hold her head up, I tried to hold my head up, the pond was really deep. A young man threw us a rope. He pulled us out.

Dusti Talavera

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We made mistakes, we turned it over. They made mistakes, turned it over. Jaylen missed a layup at the end, we threw it right to him, we had three turnovers down the stretch, they missed a few shots. It was anybody’s game. We are thrilled that we got the victory. We played hard enough to win.

Gregg Popovich

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I played his hands, it looked like he didn't want to throw the flag, then he threw it. I can't get mad at him for doing his job.

Marcus Jones

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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