hurl
verb (used with object)
to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
has hurled
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present perfectof hurl (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since San Juan County shifted most of its employees to a shorter workweek last year, attracting national attention, Polda has hurled himself into his hobbies, he said.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
He had learned the nuances, how some guys brim with hope while some guys seem annoyed that golf, once so kind to them, has hurled them into this realm.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
Still, he cannot help but take stock and wonder how the experience — just the latest in a series of tests that life has hurled at him — has made him who he is.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
Plus, Mother Nature has hurled at the Earth a number of extinction cycles.
From National Geographic ● Mar. 3, 2018
By the way, it's in the Berliner Tageblatt to-day that Alfred Hugenberg has hurled himself over the stairs in prison.
From Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts by Wedekind, Frank
