throws back

Definition of throws backnext
present tense third-person singular of throw back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for throws back
Verb
  • And as if managing the spotlight and headlines weren’t enough, Austin trips and falls right in front of Diego Cruz, his attractive, flirty rival.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • But the proud born-again evangelical is channeling the zeal of an old-fashioned tent revival, even if some of his rhetoric falls far outside the bounds of the Good Book.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • Volume 1 about a troubled pregnant woman who accepts an invite to a dinner party which degenerates into a bloody and demented nightmare.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • When a substantial fraction of that talent pool declines even to consider military service, no signing bonus will close the gap.
    Robert Krasner, STAT, 1 June 2026
  • And yet there's been no change in women's biology, or the age at which fertility declines.
    Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • Now, as the Senate returns Monday, Republicans remain bedeviled by the fund and how to move forward.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • Two weeks later, Colin Farrell returns as Los Angeles private detective John Sugar in Sugar Season 2, which continues in the aftermath of Season 1's explosive finale and plunges deeper into a citywide conspiracy.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Global economic outlook worsens over Iran war The US and Iran appeared still willing to reach a peace deal despite American strikes and Tehran’s threats of reprisals — but the global economic fallout from the conflict deepened.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 May 2026
  • When oil prices rise because of a supply disruption, as happened in 1973 and 1979, the economy worsens.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • There are still times Stokes reverts back to his worst tendencies on the basketball court.
    Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Democrats currently hold a 6-5 edge, and the new map will hold until the process reverts back to a bipartisan redistricting commission after the 2030 Census.
    Julia Mueller, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The voting period typically opens an hour or two after the episode drops.
    Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • Social media drops other people’s lives, bodies and achievements into your morning before your own day has been anchored.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
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“Throws back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throws%20back. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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