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View synonyms for thrown

thrown

[ throhn ]

verb

  1. a past participle of throw.


thrown

/ θrəʊn /

verb

  1. the past participle of throw
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • un·thrown adjective
  • well-thrown adjective
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Example Sentences

On Thursday, Ms Bloom also told Newsnight she has another client who is preparing to come forward with allegations relating to parties thrown by Mr Combs, which were dubbed "freak-offs".

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Looking at it, one wonders: Is this sculpture distinctive because volcanoes in central Java are spiritual sites, so molten material thrown up from deep within the earth inflects the art’s intended meaning?

"I think staff and students are potentially being thrown under a bus because of the historic mismanagement of the institution."

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“Going through an ugly divorce while I was in the public eye as a Christian artist — rocks would have been thrown at me,” he says.

The losses are compounded by the “meat grinder” approach said to be favoured by Russian commanders - describing the waves of recruits thrown towards Ukrainian positions in a bid to exhaust troops.

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