THROWN in a Sentence
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240 example sentences for THROWN, such as:
1. Reason had thrown her mantle on a holly hedge.
2. The problem was suddenly thrown into sharp focus.
3. He was immediately seized and thrown into prison.
4. Chance had thrown us together at a skiing resort.
5. The country was thrown into disorder by the strikes.
2. The problem was suddenly thrown into sharp focus.
3. He was immediately seized and thrown into prison.
4. Chance had thrown us together at a skiing resort.
5. The country was thrown into disorder by the strikes.
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Meanings and Examples of THROWN
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thrown
a. caused to fall to the ground
a. twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Leaning back in his arm-chair of an evening, he would close his eyes and scrape carelessly at the fiddle which was thrown across his knee.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 His hands were clenched and his arms thrown abroad, while his lower limbs were interlocked as though his death struggle had been a grievous one.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3 Her honest father may not have observed these symptoms, but they were assuredly not thrown away upon the man who had won her affections.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
4 The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard.
5 And they dragged her up to the barrack room where she was thrown upon a bed.
6 Though we have thrown that to the fishes that might have wrapped us in lamb's-wool, I'm no beggar.
7 Reason had thrown her mantle on a holly hedge.
8 James Harthouse looked at her with an incredulous smile upon his lips; but her mind looked over and beyond him, and the smile was quite thrown away.
9 "Now, that is not ill sung," said Wamba, who had thrown in a few of his own flourishes to help out the chorus.
10 We are thrown off our guard by the general agitation of our feelings, and betray the intensity of those, which, at more tranquil periods, our prudence at least conceals, if it cannot altogether suppress them.
11 De Bracy hastily drew his men together, and rushed down to the postern-gate, which he caused instantly to be thrown open.
12 During this discourse, Prince John had gradually awakened from the stupor into which he had been thrown by the unexpected intelligence, and had been attentive to the conversation which passed betwixt his followers.
13 He was cut dead, and his corpse thrown into the refuse can.
14 If every play is to be objected to, you will act nothing, and the preparations will be all so much money thrown away, and I am sure that would be a discredit to us all.
15 Poor Fanny's mind was thrown into the most distressing of all its varieties.
Example Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1 Chance had thrown us together at a skiing resort.
2 She said she had thrown up after reading reports of the trial.
3 The hook which he had thrown did not catch on the rocks, and dropped back to the ground.
4 Government ministers have been responding to the challenge thrown down by their former colleague.
5 For the lucky few, there's the chance of being plucked from obscurity and thrown into the glamorous world of modelling.
6 The same materials, thrown into the Martian atmosphere by strong winds, give the Martian sky a pinkish color.
7 The country was thrown into disorder by the strikes.
8 No matter what label is thrown your way, only you can define yourself.
9 Three of the original five candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination have now thrown in the towel.
10 Despite the fact that she was wearing a seat belt, she was thrown sharply forward.
11 The discussion was then thrown open for the audience's questions.
12 If we lag behind other nations in economy, we will be thrown into a passive position.
13 The problem was suddenly thrown into sharp focus.
14 He was immediately seized and thrown into prison.
15 Missiles including stones and bottles were thrown at the police.