throwing

verb

present participle of throw
1
as in tossing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm threw a life preserver to the drowning man

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2
as in lowering
to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally the attacker threw his victim to the ground

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Recent Examples of throwing Antetokounmpo was everywhere, throwing a down a poster dunk over Mavericks center Daniel Gafford, hitting pull-up threes and assisting on a bunch of the Heat’s three-pointers. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 In May 2012, a shark struck a fishing kayak near Leffingwell Landing, throwing fisherman Joey Nocchi into the water and damaging his vessel. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 With West Virginia throwing a wrench in those plans with the Horned Frogs’ 24-20 defeat, the game against the Jayhawks (3-4, 1-3) becomes even more vital. — Steven Johnson october 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026 This hint of connection between them is later made concrete when, at the demonstration, the two are complicit in an act of defiance — throwing a cobblestone at a policeman, badly injuring him — and must skip town for the night. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 Biden had crushed Trump by over 7 million votes—and inside the Capitol, these rioters were throwing literal feces like animals. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 That’s why quarterbacks throwing to receivers in offseason practices are valuable as each learns about the other. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 As running the ball and blocking and otherwise throwing his body around suggest. — Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026 Teair Tart pressured Patrick Mahomes into throwing an interception in the end zone to snuff out one of those drives. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwing
  1. tossing
  2. lowering
  3. hurling
  4. dropping
  5. flinging
  6. slinging
  7. firing
Verb
  • Outside school grounds, politicians are playing recess games and monkeying with the rules, tossing our children around like political footballs.
    — Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
  • His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of tossing
Verb
  • Throughout the race, the pastor has emphasized lowering the cost of goods and sought to cast Marshall as closely aligned with an unpopular president.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
  • As with many maturing technologies, experts say wellness devices have become cheaper and easier to produce, lowering the barriers to entry.
    — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of lowering
Verb
  • Videos showed some masked protesters hurling objects at police as the tear gas drifted across the square.
    — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The men rushed on to the plain, setting more trees ablaze and hurling rocks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurling
Verb
  • Her work at both ends of the court — including dropping a shocking 30 points in Game 2 against the league’s best defense — has led the Dream to a dominant start in the series.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But there’s something to be said for dropping your adversary off in a Chicago beset by a mushroom cloud.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dropping
Verb
  • What’s more, even as they are defined by death, bogs are also springboards for unusual and unlikely life-forms that extend our understanding of biology—from acid-flinging mosses to amphibian-eating plants.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The first one came on a chaotic sequence in front of the net, with center Carey Terrance inadvertently flinging the puck at his own net.
    — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of flinging
Verb
  • Expect to see everyone from locals clad in athleisure to camera-slinging couples in breezy linen button-downs returning from a nearby wine tasting.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This is a great combination of quarterbacks who should be slinging the ball and make for an exciting game.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of slinging
Verb
  • Although Chen Mechan is accused of firing on the Salvadoran’s vehicles, sources said its heavily armed men received backup from Joseph’s 400 Mawozo, which controls the neighboring territory.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Ballard is gone, so if the current trend continues firing Steichen is the next logical move.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of firing

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