throw wide
Example Sentences
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Lorenzen retrieved the ball but his off-balance throw wide of first base for an error allowed Camargo to take third.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2022
Sam Schweitez air-balled a free throw wide right late in the first half.
From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2015
Pineda fielded the play cleanly but briefly turned his head toward Leonys Martin, who was headed to third base, before launching a throw wide of first base.
From New York Times • May 22, 2015
Will Toby and Kit uncover the truth, bring the duplicitous to justice, throw wide the dusty curtains of avaricious corporate abomination?
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2013
The housemaids would open up the house, throw wide the windows, draw back the curtains.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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