throw around

Example Sentences

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Valve had no weight to throw around and had to pay up, or not have anything to sell.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Ethan Hill, Brentwood: Only a sophomore, he looks like a 6-7 football player yet can throw around his body in basketball.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Critics of AI and social media regularly throw around terms like “continuous partial attention.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Some parents, like Kim Sun, whose two daughters are in primary school, are also worried about bullying on social media, where "kids throw around unthinkably harsh insults" at each other.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

The nice thing about the Big Boy was the fact that Patrick and Sam didn’t just throw around inside jokes and make me struggle to keep up.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky