lobbed
Example Sentences
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When O’Brien lobbed questions at Richards, many of the guitarist’s answers were undiscernible; he seemed uninterested in keeping his microphone in the vicinity of his mouth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
His returns were often unorthodox and he was fond of a lobbed service return to unsettle opponents.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
I was a fresh-faced high school senior, living out the prime of my teenage youth in an increasingly progressive world where fundamentalist doomsday prophecies were lobbed around in jest.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
Two days later, they lobbed a missive at Warner: “WBD appears to have abandoned the semblance and reality of a fair transaction process,” Paramount’s lawyers wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
Bull calculated the distance between himself and Ben, then lobbed the shot putt in the air.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
