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Definition of Threw
1. throw [v] - See also: throw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Threw
Literary usage of Threw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... Far as a herdsman throws his staff, which flies Whirring amongst the herd, so
far beyond The allotted space he threw it. All acclaim'd ; And his brave ..."
2. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"remember it as if it were yesterday. The men lost their heads with terror.
They painted the mare blue, in sight of town, and threw the preacher overboard, ..."
3. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... and many in it, he did not care to go in, but called for an hand gre- nado,
and threw it among them, ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"Prior William at once threw the whole weight of his influence into the scale to
support the truth of the story [see WILLIAM, ..."
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