lofted

verb

past tense of loft
as in threw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver

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Recent Examples of lofted On the second interception, Underwood lofted a pass that cornerback Josiah Zayas snagged with one hand. — Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 The Finnish forward broke to the net, gained a step on defenseman Wyatt Kaiser and lofted in high backhander. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 But Starship Flight 14 lofted the first members of the next-gen Starlink V3 constellation, which will eventually consist of 100,000 spacecraft, if all goes to plan. — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The ship is what carries out the bulk of the mission after being lofted toward space by the Super Heavy, and today, the ship experienced an outage of one of its six engines. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 The Tigers pulled to within a point with 23 seconds left in the game after Tre Nichols escaped a trio of would-be tacklers and lofted a 67-yard touchdown pass to Carter McElhany. — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026 Quarterback Patrick Mahomes lofted a perfect pass to tight end Travis Kelce in the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown that finished the scoring. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026 The Ducks scored five plays later, as Raiola lofted a prayer to the corner of the end zone that was answered by one of his wideouts, Dakorien Moore. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 Doyle, acquired the deadline from Colorado, lofted his sixth down the left field line three batters later. — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lofted
  1. threw
  2. hurled
  3. tossed
  4. slung
  5. flung
Verb
  • Megill retired Richie Palacios on a grounder to second to end it, threw his arms in the air and was mobbed by teammates near the mound while Brewers fans celebrated in the stands.
    — Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Soliman lit two Molotov cocktails and threw them at demonstrators supporting Israeli hostages during the Run For Their Lives organization's regular gathering on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall, prosecutors said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of threw
Verb
  • For over a week, protesters have hurled rocks, flares, firebombs and fireworks at police who have used batons and tear gas in clashes in the city center.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Big ups to Michael Bratton, aka SEC Mike, who hurled a few verbal thunderbolts at CFP overlords during a recent on-air visit with ESPN’s Paul Finebaum.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurled
Verb
  • Butler said there seemed to be no warning before the man was tossed into nearby bushes.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Cranes helped shift the carriages as police and soldiers helped pick through the wreckage strewn down the gravel slope where at least three train carriages were tossed by the impact.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of tossed
Verb
  • In the center is Jones with an electric guitar slung over his shoulder in a protective gesture, like some mothers carry babies on their hips.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2026
  • How decadent to have a vermouth on the rocks and sweet treats — affogato, flan, a silky strawberry panna cotta — under the half moon slung low in the sky.
    — Amanda Lee Koe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of slung
Verb
  • Guests who think an occasional bottle of wine flung on the counter has rendered this custom obsolete should note that any sensible hostess will disagree.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Lois looked into the sky as Ernest flung the plastic table, wafers, cards, cola, and wine across the lawn.
    — Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of flung

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