thrown

[ throhn ]
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verb
  1. a past participle of throw.

Other words from thrown

  • un·thrown, adjective
  • well-thrown, adjective

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How to use thrown in a sentence

  • All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.

    The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
  • At the same moment the door was thrown open, and Mrs. Gordon appeared on the threshold with a gentleman behind her.

    Confidence | Henry James
  • Lady Maude sat alone in her room; the white robes upon her, the orthodox veil, meant to shade her fair face thrown back from it.

    Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
  • The economics of war, therefore, has thrown its lurid light upon the economics of peace.

  • A very little crust thrown to the very hungry is always accepted with gratitude.

British Dictionary definitions for thrown

thrown

/ (θrəʊn) /


verb
  1. the past participle of throw

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