thrown

[ throhn ]
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verb
  1. a past participle of throw.

Other words from thrown

  • un·thrown, adjective
  • well-thrown, adjective

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How to use thrown in a sentence

  • In any event, for the Kudo-kai, the police arrest of their top dog is expected to have the impact of a well-thrown hand grenade.

    The Case of the Yakking Yakuza | Jake Adelstein | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • As the animal is in the act of rising in his leap and coming again to the ground, the riders body must be well thrown back.

    Graceful Riding | S. C. Waite
  • The body, in fact, should assume a natural upright sitting posture, with the shoulders well thrown back.

    Boating | W. B. Woodgate
  • The cook's too well thrown rope would have probably thwarted any move of hers if she had had a weapon.

    Rimrock Trail | J. Allan Dunn
  • When a man stands quite erect, with the head well thrown back, the ear passages are almost directly over the fulcrum.

    A Book of Exposition | Homer Heath Nugent
  • She advanced proudly, her head well thrown back, a spot of additional color on each cheek, her brown eyes brighter than usual.

    A Modern Tomboy | L. T. Meade

British Dictionary definitions for thrown

thrown

/ (θrəʊn) /


verb
  1. the past participle of throw

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