Definition: 1. To send something from your hand through the air by moving your hand or arm quickly. 2. Get rid of. 3. Put or send forth. 4. To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly.
Use 'throw' in a sentence:
1. She just threw on the first skirt she found.
2. They had a competition to see who could throw the furthest.
3. The baby threw its food on the floor.
4. Don't throw that away ─ it might come in handy.
5. He threw the question back at me.
6. Two riders were thrown in the second race.
7. The government has thrown a security blanket around the talks.
8. I can't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia.
9. I made a bit of a boob throwing that file away.
10. She'll throw a fit if she finds out.
11. The smell made me want to throw up.
12. I don't need that—you can throw it away.
13. Don't go over that line or your throw won't count.
14. I throw both dice and get double 6.
15. I ran up and threw my arms around him.
16. Don't throw that away—it might come in handy.
17. I have a huge number of ties because I never throw them away.
18. She poised the javelin in her hand before the throw.
19. The trees throw their shadows on the lake.
20. A throw of the dice allows a player to move himself forward.
21. Can't you throw out that old bike of Tommy's?
22. The hotel is within a stone's throw of the beach.
23. You can throw away any excess.
24. Did Mom throw away your priceless Dungeons and Dragons magazine?.
25. The news of her death really threw me.
26. That was a good throw.
27. Their audience will lap up whatever they throw at them.
28. The house had been thrown open to the public.
29. You can throw those away—they're no use to anyone.
30. He threw me to the ground with a judo throw.
31. Don't throw it to him, give it to him!
32. It is inappropriate simply to throw money at these problems.
33. You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.
34. His throw bettered the American junior record set in 2003.
35. As soon as the bristles on your toothbrush begin to wear, throw it out.
36. He longed to throw off the mask of respectability.
37. Can you throw me that towel?
38. Her last throw was only three centimetres short of the world record.
39. He had the bouncers throw them out of the club.
40. We live just a stone's throw from here.
41. Junior hospital doctors are thrown in at the deep end in their first jobs.
42. I threw open the windows to let the smoke out.
43. Could you sort out the toys that can be thrown away?
44. Throw some money in the fountain and make a wish.
45. One of the journalists threw the senator a curve.
46. She threw back the covers and leapt out of bed.
47. Children often throw tantrums at this age.
48. I never throw anything away.
49. Their differences have been thrown into sharp relief by the present crisis.
50. Take what you want and throw the rest away.
51. The problem was suddenly thrown into sharp focus.
52. Recent research has thrown new light on the causes of the disease.
53. It seems such a waste to throw good food away.
54. There was no TV so we were thrown back on our own resources.
