thrown over

past participle of throw over

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of thrown over At one point, Pormanove appears to be woken up when a bucket of water is thrown over him. Philippe Cordier, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrown over
Verb
  • In the lead-up to the tournament, Argentina had played a series of friendlies without him, since Valencia refused to release him.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Geri refused to leave the premises, according to authorities, and was arrested without incident.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Not in the response from the armed Palestinian group were other provisions detailing Gaza's future, including some Hamas has long rejected.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Sancho rejected a contract offer at Manchester City to join Dortmund in 2017.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The resolution, which passed this week, came weeks after a controversial incident involving a girls' volleyball game.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The state legislature passed the bill in mid-September.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The financial penalty was later thrown out on appeal.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Those are distinct but related grounds for getting a case thrown out.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The year before, she had been passed up for the lead role in the movie adaptation of My Fair Lady, which went to Audrey Hepburn, pictured.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • On both plays, Maye passed up safer choices — taking a sack and a checkdown — to scramble; chasing the type of extended play that had just rewarded him, but ultimately burned his team.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Thrown over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrown%20over. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.

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