hurl
verb (used with object)
to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
are hurling
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present progressiveof hurl.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Rather than toss a note, some are hurling heavy cellphones onstage, hoping the performer will grab it and record a moment for them.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
“When you hit a key on a piano you are hurling an object through space up towards a string. It’s a percussion instrument. So it’s a very different mechanism,” she said.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2016
On one side of me a group of 60-year-old bearded dudes are hurling themselves into the water, while on the other some teenagers are jumping the waves.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2015
Everywhere I look, people of all ages are hurling lists into buckets as if the grim reaper were just minutes away.
From Slate ● May 29, 2012
The masses of green water that are hurling themselves over the brink dissolve into shifting, foaming columns of snowy lace.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt
