thrown

Example Sentences

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Though University of Kentucky head coach Mark Pope called it “100% false” in a subsequent interview, the numbers being thrown around show just how big a business college sports have become.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

We talk on the phone most days about the kids, life and whatever absurd situation the world has thrown at us.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"You're just sort of thrown into the deep end or you start off small and then it gets sort of more and more demanding."

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

By 2016, just 1.4% of pitches thrown across MLB were splitters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Flotsam means the leftover bits and pieces of a shipwreck, while jetsam means items thrown overboard on purpose.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood