Use throwing in a sentence
Sentences starting with throwing
- Throwing one on the floor in front of the Englishman, he ran to the door and locked it, and turned round, the sword grasped firmly in his hand, and white with rage. [11]
- Throwing herself on the divan where she had sat with Ian Stafford, she buried her face in her arms. [11]
- Throwing back his head, arching his chest, the notes of a song rose in the heavy air. [9]
- Throwing open the entrance doors, he stood upon the steps and waited for Lord Rippingdale. [11]
- Throwing open the door, he stepped inside. [11]
- Throwing open the door, he burst in. [11]
- Throwing his left arm over the lad he relieved Iberville of his burden, but called to him to hold on. [11]
- Throwing myself away? [9]
Sentences ending with throwing
- The weak and idiotic ought to be absurdly grateful for what is flung to them, and heaven is gained in the throwing. [9]
Short sentences using throwing
- He was throwing himself away. [9]
More example sentences with the word throwing in them
- Well-for your throwing yourself away down there at Newcastle. [9]
- I'm not throwing you into his arms. [9]
- Nobody, I suppose, would doubt this story if the moose, quaffing deep draughts of red wine from silver tankards, and then throwing themselves back upon divans, and lazily puffing the fragrant Havana. [4]
- He is wholly without hope, and is only thinking of throwing away everything and flying to some foreign land. [5]
- Now spreading its wings, throwing up its head, or opening its tail like a fan; now strutting about with a hopping gait until tired, when it gabbled some kind of note, and was relieved by another. [1]
- For Dr. Leigh, whom she had sought out several times, was reserved, and did not voluntarily speak of Father Damon; she had heard that he was throwing himself with more than his usual fervor into his work. [4]
- It brightened the white kerchief, and the bodice and skirt of a faint pink, throwing the face into a pleasing shadow where the hand curved over the forehead. [11]
- The little garrison, which had done no more than issue in sorties, was now throwing its full force on the enemy in a last desperate endeavour. [11]
- Two years during which a nation struggled in agony with sickness, and even the great strength with which she was endowed at birth was not equal to the task of throwing it off. [9]
- But its effects were soon felt; and then began a system of correspondence by signs, and the throwing of little scrawls done up in pellets, and announced by preliminary a'h'ms! [6]
- She had a way of carrying her head, of throwing it back at times, that was not exactly imperious, and conveyed the impression of spirit rather than of mere vivacity. [4]
- Here a wine-skin was passed from hand to hand, there a joint was roasting on a wooden spit; farther on a party were throwing dice for the booty they had won, or playing at morra. [10]
- Beaver Dam Rock was out in the middle of the river now, and throwing a prodigious 'break;' it used to be close to the shore, and boats went down outside of it. [5]
- But Mr. Jenney was hitching the horse and throwing a blanket over him. [9]
- Each blazing storehouse was a gigantic torch throwing a broad glare into the darkness of the night. [10]
- Presently he stood up, and throwing back his shoulder, with a little ostentation of health, he went over to the chintz-covered chair, and sat down in it. [11]
- But no, my uneasy spirit kept dragging me back at quarter-hour intervals; and always I saw Backus drinking his wine--fairly and squarely, and the others throwing theirs away. [5]
- He beat us too in throwing the spear, but the king, who you know is proud of being the best archer in Persia, sent his arrow farther. [10]
- White, G.C.M., G.C.B., to whose long list of appended initials it seemed like throwing a perfume on the violet to add three more letters. [6]
- I have clung to them as long as I can, and in throwing them over I don't know where I shall land. [9]
- So I came to the Coffee House, and throwing my bridle to Hugo, I ran in. [9]
- The half-breed moved to the bar, and, throwing down a handful of silver, said: "It is good we drink after so much heat. [11]
- She had meant to test him here and there by throwing little darts of satire, and yet he made her serious and candid in spite of herself. [11]
- It is curious to note the change in the stock-quotation of the Affection Board brought about by throwing this new security on the market. [5]
- He was thin to gauntness, ate ravenously of the food that was set before him, and throwing off his soaked moccasins, he spread his scalded feet to the blaze, and the steaming odor of drying leather filled the room. [9]
- Ferrol was about to follow him, but he had a sudden fit of weakness, and he caught up a pillow, and, throwing it on the chest where Shangois had sat, stretched himself upon it. [11]
- In this little time the former had so fallen in my estimation that once or twice I was on the point of throwing it away. [5]
- You would be throwing your life away here. [9]
- While they were throwing off their clothes, the Ninety-Nine came down, and stood off. [11]
- Our city was throwing off its social conservatism; wealth (which implied ability and superiority) was playing a greater part, entertainments were more luxurious, lines more strictly drawn. [9]
- The thought of throwing it off with his life, as too grievous to be borne, was familiar to his lonely hours, but he rejected it as unworthy of his manhood. [6]
- The idea of throwing her brother and Natasha together amused her. [2]
- But his comrade, throwing down the boots and drawing his sword, moved threateningly toward Pierre. [2]
- I mentioned his throwing down his glove, which was not taken up by the brother of his victim, and so he had to be let off, for the old law was still in force. [6]
- That trick of throwing a stone at a tree and attaching some mighty issue to hitting or missing, which you will find mentioned in one or more biographies, I well remember. [6]
- He had no thought of throwing himself from the summit of any of the broken cliffs, but he clambered over them recklessly, as having no particular care for his life. [6]
- He did not think she was throwing it away. [11]
- Over their coffee they both talked from long distances towards the point of attack and struggle, Ismail carelessly throwing in glowing descriptions of the palaces he was building. [11]
- By and by they began throwing white roses, and that morning flush passed away. [6]
- To tell you the truth, I have tried to persuade them not to go into the thing; and I have come square out with their offer, without throwing out any feelers--and I did it in the hope that you would refuse. [5]
- Here once when the Micks got to throwing stones through the Methodis' Sunday school windows, Buck Fanshaw, all of his own notion, shut up his saloon and took a couple of six-shooters and mounted guard over the Sunday school. [5]
- He was in the habit of talking and laughing pretty loud in school-hours, of throwing wads of paper reduced to a pulp by a natural and easy process, of occasional insolence and general negligence. [6]
- Champagny called upon the citizens to help themselves, and used their labor in throwing up a wall of defence in the open part of the city, which was most dangerously threatened by the citadel. [10]
- Meister Wilhelm," interrupted the captain, throwing himself into the arm-chair and stretching out his booted legs. [10]
- The smoke of the campfires, into which they were throwing everything superfluous, made the eyes smart. [2]
- He agreed entirely that no principle was established by the treaty, but that the throwing of dice or drawing of lots was not a new invention on that occasion, but a not uncommon method in arbitrations. [6]
- He had never supposed before that he was chivalrous in such matters, but he now began to see it in that light, and he wondered that he could ever have entertained for a moment the idea of throwing March over. [8]
- Paulus declined to sup with them, for after he had scourged himself in despair and remorse for the throwing of the discus, he had vowed a strict fast. [10]
- I knew the substance of the sketch and the telling phrases of it; and so, the throwing of the rest of it into informal talk as I went along limbered it up and gave it the snap and go and freshness of an impromptu. [5]
- He tested its strength by throwing all his weight upon it. [13]
- The old chief stood a moment looking at the windows, upon which slush-lights were throwing heavy shadows. [11]
- In throwing a stone or spear, and in many other actions, a man must stand firmly on his feet; and this again demands the perfect co-adaptation of numerous muscles. [1]
- The China Mail Steamer is getting ready and everybody says I am throwing away a fortune in not going in her. [5]
- It did not spur him to do anything, to follow the example, for instance, of the young fellows from the country, who were throwing themselves into Wall Street with the single purpose of becoming suddenly rich, but it made him uneasy. [4]
- You lose them sometimes because you want to work at something else; sometimes because, as in cards, you are throwing a few away to save the whole game. [11]
- On all sides soldiers were running to and fro, throwing up their knapsacks with a jerk of their shoulders and pulling the straps over their heads, unstrapping their overcoats and drawing the sleeves on with upraised arms. [2]
- Pray do smoke," she added, as, throwing back his coat, he exposed some cigars in his waistcoat pocket. [11]
- To him it seemed that his daughter was mad; that she was throwing her life away. [11]
- There is a secret trouble in your heart which you speak of to none--a doubt which wastes away your courage, and makes you dream of throwing all away and fleeing from your realm. [5]
- This paper here says it's too big a job for one man--like throwing a good life away. [11]
- There was no rise to the "leader" on the first cast, nor on the twenty-first; and I cautiously worked my way down stream, throwing right and left. [4]
- The old story-the return to the mother's milk, throwing back to all the Pharaohs. [11]
- When he finally reported that he himself and the ladies must leave the house and the city, Countess Rotterbach, with a scornful glance at her deeply humiliated son-in-law, exclaimed, "This is what comes of throwing one's self away! [10]
- Exerting the last remnant of his strength, he had succeeded in throwing off and seizing his tormentor. [10]
- Mr. Ballou made remarks of similar purport, and began the reform he could not live to continue, by throwing away the ancient pack of cards that had solaced our captivity during the flood and made it bearable. [5]
- Mr. Bolton was relieved, exactly as a water-logged ship is lightened by throwing overboard the most valuable portion of the cargo--but the leak was not stopped. [5]
- The horse first, regardless of whether it was right or wrong to show fear, snorted, reared almost throwing the major, and galloped aside. [2]
- Suffice it to record that she accepted this second invitation, and I did my best to amuse her by relating a few of my experiences at the bar, and I told that memorable story of Farrar throwing O'Meara into the street. [9]
- De la Foret ran to help him, and throwing an arm around him, almost carried him towards the couch. [11]
- Rather a light purse,' added Isaac, throwing it into the air and catching it dexterously, 'but enough to amuse a gentleman for half an hour or so. [12]
- Anger--helpless anger --took possession of her as she saw the smiles on the faces of her friends, and Puss Russell mockingly throwing a kiss as she passed her. [9]
- To-day, as every other day, they had to pack and unload; and though few ships were sailing, numbers were arriving from the south, and throwing out the landing-bridges which connected them with the shore. [10]
- Behind them came Orpheus, now and then throwing out a persuasive word to soothe the indignant matron. [10]
- Some were throwing on water in an aimless, useless way; one was sending a thin stream through a garden syringe: it seemed like doing something, at least. [6]
- They went right on agitating, throwing scares into the party conventions and into the House and Senate Committees,--and now it's fifty-four hours. [9]
- That slight inclination of two persons with a strong affinity towards each other, throwing them a little out of plumb when they sit side by side, is a physical fact I have often noticed. [6]
- That throwing out of my house hit me and my woman and little ones hard, and I've been resentin' it all these years till now; but I'm weighin' one thing agin another, and I'm willing to forget my wrongs for this young man's sake. [11]
- Forgetting his intention of concealing his knowledge of French, Pierre, snatching away the pistol and throwing it down, ran up to the officer and addressed him in French. [2]
- Sp'iling such a noble chance as this and throwing it away? [5]
- He was by no means lacking in shrewdness, and as he had grown older he had perceived clearly enough Mr. Worthington's reasons for throwing him socially with the Duncans. [9]
- This Union shall never be abandoned, unless the possibility of its existence shall cease to exist without the necessity of throwing passengers and cargo overboard. [7]
- This is the more to be regretted now, when Bavaria is undergoing a peaceful revolution, and throwing off the trammels of galling customs in other respects. [4]
- In a few moments the rooster was crowing with uncommon spirit and a party of fleas were throwing double somersaults about my person in the wildest disorder, and taking a bite every time they struck. [5]
- It seems to me that a real or feigned attack upon Columbus from up the river at the same time would either prevent this or compensate for it by throwing Columbus into our hands. [7]
- I lay a long time, peering into the darkness, and listening.--Then I heard a grating noise overhead, like the dragging of a heavy body across the floor; then the throwing down of the body, and the shaking of my windows in response to the concussion. [5]
- Rostov took the letter and, throwing the money on the sofa, put both arms on the table and began to read. [2]
- The orang is known to cover itself at night with the leaves of the Pandanus; and Brehm states that one of his baboons used to protect itself from the heat of the sun by throwing a straw-mat over its head. [1]
- We poets, you know, are much given to indulging in sentiment, which is a mode of consciousness at a discount just now with the new generation of analysts who are throwing everything into their crucibles. [6]
- Last time, you kep' me a-meowing around till old Hays went to throwing rocks at me and says 'Dern that cat! [5]
- And she liked Jack, and was not incapable of throwing him a rope when the hour came that he was likely to be swept away by that undertow. [4]
- As he came into the room, she gathered the papers together and replaced them in the trunk, which she locked, throwing an unfinished piece of needle-work over it, putting the key in her pocket, and gathering herself up for company. [6]
- The captain was indeed a most sympathetic listener, now throwing in a question showing keen Scotch penetration, and anon making a most ludicrous inquiry as to the dress livery our footmen wore, and whether Mr. Carvel used outriders when he travelled abroad. [9]
- Dolokhov who was in the midst of the crowd forced his way to the edge of the dam, throwing two soldiers off their feet, and ran onto the slippery ice that covered the millpool. [2]
- He was just in the act of throwing a clod at a mud-turtle which was sunning itself on a small log in the brook. [5]
- He spoke slowly in a loud voice and throwing out his chest slightly swayed one leg. [2]
- Let him have Illinois, and nothing can beat him; and he will get Illinois if men persist in throwing away votes upon Mr. Fillmore. [7]
- A local outbreak, if you will, but so was throwing the tea overboard. [6]
- On the contrary, if you are opposed to the principle,--intend to give it no such indorsement, let no wheedling, no sophistry, divert you from throwing a direct vote against it. [7]
- Statues surrounded the hurriedly erected palaestra where the Ephebi every morning practised their nude, anointed bodies in racing, wrestling, and throwing the discus. [10]
- He slid from his horse, and, throwing his arm over its neck as it stooped to the spring, looked at her more intently, but respectfully too. [11]
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