How to use "threw" in a sentence

They threw spears at us, but they all missed

One of the smaller squid knocked the harpoon out of his hand and threw Ned down

The whirlpool threw our boat away from the Nautilus

Suddenly, the cook threw a plate at the Duchess

The cook threw more things - plates, cups, spoons

At the end of the song, she threw the baby to Alice.

The cook threw another plate at the Duchess

Then he threw some milk at me, and I jumped out of my chair and ran away

The 'showers' were just a long hole in the ground for us to stand in, while somebody threw water over us

We threw ourselves on to the floor of the shower hole, and somebody started screaming

Doyle and I and the other two men threw grenades, but then an enemy soldier shot Bones in the head

They were shouting unpleasant things, and then somebody threw a tomato at Colonel Gooch and it hit him in the face

'Forrest Gump!' And she ran out of the door and threw her arms round me.

'They threw me out after they found a boy in my room one night

Oh, I threw my medal away, OK - but it hit somebody really important! One of the President's men! So they threw me into prison.

I played two songs - and a man walked past and threw some money into my empty coffee cup! I played two more songs, and soon the cup was half full of money!

Beckwith suddenly picked up his brandy-glass and threw it at Mr Slinkton

'You thought I was drinking brandy all day - but I threw most of it away

Suddenly the man pulled the woman into the street and threw her down on to the pavement

He threw the piece of apron, wet with blood, in the doorway and wrote the message

He grabbed it, hurried back to the spare bedroom, picked up his stick and bag, climbed out of the window, emptied the silver into his bag and threw the basket into the garden

As he sang, he threw a coin into the air and caught it before it fell

Not noticing Jean Valjean sitting by the side of the path, he threw the coin higher into the air

Thinking no more about it, he wrapped the letters up again, threw them into a corner and went to bed.

With those words he threw the metal bar out of the window into the street below.

He took a piece of brick from the wall, wrapped the piece of paper around it and threw it through the hole into the middle of Thenardier's room.

They threw the rope ladder from the open window but, before they could escape, the door opened and Inspector Javert walked in.

Soldiers attacked the crowd with swords; the crowd threw stones and ran screaming across the bridge

Enjolras threw his arms around Marius's neck.

'You're a completely rotten man, but I'll give you this.' Marius took a banknote out of his pocket and threw it in the stranger's face.

Gran threw a handful of leaves onto a pile in the corner

Then he threw back his head and laughed

"We threw it away."

Dani rushed over and threw her arms around him

He bent down and threw a stick for Jasper to run after.

Maxim picked up a stone and threw it across the beach for Jasper.

We both went down to the water's edge and threw more stones

Maxim threw his paper on the ground and got up from his chair

She thought of herself as a tough, competent, levelheaded woman who was able to deal with anything life threw at her, and she was disturbed by her continuing inability to accept Danny's death.

She threw her arms around him and, much to her surprise began to cry with happiness

She had to get down to him and push the earth away from his face before he suffocated, so in blind panic she threw herself over the edge of the pit, into the terrible abyss, falling and falling-

Tina threw the printout on the floor and went into the outer office.

In one smooth lightning-fast movement, Elliot seized the measuring cup into which he had poured four ounces of vinegar a few minutes ago, and he threw the contents in Vince's face

He threw their single suitcase into the trunk of the rented Chevrolet

"Yeah." He switched on the engine and threw the car in gear

"I'm not sure yet." She threw back the covers and got out of bed

When the young guard discovered that his revolver wouldn't work, he threw it.

Before he got to the guard shack at the upper gate, he climbed onto the ridge above, used the snowshoes to circle the guard, returned to the road, and threw the snowshoes away

I ran upstairs, threw Helene's envelope onto my desk and made another careful search of the room

It was the first time he told me about his experiments and he came running into the house and threw the ashtray into my hands.

He went in, threw down the pistol, and said, "I did it." Just like that.' Satisfied, she left the room.

I crushed the paper in my hand and threw it into the fireplace just as Griselda entered the room.

Then she threw it back to me.

He threw small stones at Anne's window to wake her up and she came down to the garden to talk to him

The sun, shining through the smoke that rose up from the tops of the trees, seemed blood-red and threw an unfamiliar bright light on everything.

And then a quick movement of the steamboat (which had turned to avoid being hit) threw him off the seat on which he had been standing

It did not use its Heat-Ray, but picked them up one by one and threw them into a large metal box which stuck out behind it.

We threw it away

I threw it in the river! Then we rowed away and didn't stop until we reached Maidenhead.

After a few minutes, Laura ran into the room and threw her arms around my neck

In 1913, a suffragette called Emily Davison was killed when she threw herself under the king's horse at a famous horse race