thrown
Americanverb
verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- unthrown adjective
- well-thrown adjective
Example Sentences
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves's Budget was thrown into chaos when the OBR's forecast - which contained the measures she was about to announce - was discovered online.
From BBC
Was the elbow thrown or raised to create force?
From BBC
During closing arguments, Supervising Deputy Federal Public Defender Rebecca Abel said Augustine had thrown the umbrella up and it dropped down and connected with Gutierrez.
From Los Angeles Times
In September, fellow waste firm Biffa warned despite the ban being in place for three months at the time, it was seeing more vapes being incorrectly thrown away, causing more fires, than ever before.
From BBC
He looked at a Hyundai early on, but was thrown by the price.
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