Fox Sports: Alex Len purchased a football-throwing machine to help him improve his hands
Alex Len purchased a football-throwing machine to help him improve his hands
Throwing is used for propelling weapons such as stones or spears at enemies, predators, or prey. Boomerangs (throwing sticks) are used by Aboriginals for hunting purposes. Track and field contains four major throwing events: discus throw, hammer throw, javelin throw and shot put.
The person throwing the bowling ball might not have intended a specific victim to be killed, or even knowingly planned to kill someone, but nonetheless did something that was obviously likely to cause serious harm.
threw, thrown, throwing to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist.
Throw is the least specific: throwing a ball; threw the life preserver to the struggling swimmer. Cast usually refers to throwing something light, often in discarding it: "She cast the unpleasant, pricking garments from her" (Kate Chopin).
It would almost be throwing in the towel in the last mile of that marathon. Some end up throwing them away. The motion will mimic throwing a punch. There had to be something she could do to completely discourage him, short of throwing up or otherwise making herself totally unattractive.
throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw or (nonstandard) throwed, past participle thrown or (nonstandard) throwed or (nonstandard) threw)
Present participle of throw. The act by which something is thrown. It was like throwing herself against a wall. Rainy hesitated before throwing open the door he guarded. Throwing my voice into any object I pleased, to make it appear that the object was speaking instead of me.