Thrown

Examples

• But not so easily did Elinor recover from the alarm into which it had thrown her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• This thrown open, admitted him to his own private apartment of three rooms: his bed-chamber and two others. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And he had hardly looked up, to see what the matter was, when he was stopped by having a pair of arms thrown tight round his neck. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have thrown these few notes together, because the subject of them was well known to me for many years. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The true gold of religion was in many cases thrown away with the worn-out purse that had contained it for so long, and it was not recovered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had thrown off the seedy frockcoat, and now he was the Holmes of old in the mouse-coloured dressing-gown which he took from his effigy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The strike had thrown him terribly behindhand, as to the completion of these orders. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The ball seemed so thrown into my hands by accident! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I should recommend you also to send a note by the cabman to your wife to say that you have thrown in your lot with me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Bella's eyes followed him to the door, lighted on Mr Boffin complacently thrown back in his easy chair, and drooped over her book. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• From the towering lighthouses of our coasts its beams are thrown seaward, and a beacon for the mariner shines beyond all other lights. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He ordered me to be thrown into one of the great pits in the inner gardens. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• At a signal from Dak Kova the doors of two cages were thrown open and a dozen green Martian females were driven to the center of the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Wildeve had just thrown, but had not lifted the box to see what he had cast; and now it was impossible. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The pausing in a fight to bow when bouquets are thrown to him is also in bad taste. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But the money which, by this annual diminution of produce, is annually thrown out of domestic circulation, will not be allowed to lie idle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He spent a fortune, but his patents were not renewed, and competition was thrown wide open. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• To which he added, in a small complicated hand, ending with a long lean flourish, not unlike a lasso thrown at all the rest of the names: Blandois. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• A lasso was then thrown over the neck of a mule, when he would immediately go to the length of his tether, first one end, then the other in the air. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This was thrown out, and so too was a sentence about the British: we must endeavour to forget our former love for them . H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We are thrown rather together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• We have given the pilgrims a good many examples that might benefit them, but it is virtue thrown away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Not that the family would admit that: they think Fifth Avenue is Heaven with the rue de la Paix thrown in. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The extra work which is thrown upon the nervous system through seeing, reading, writing, and sewing with defective eyes is recognized by all physicians as an important cause of disease. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• On some hay on the ground, with a cushion thrown under his head, lay a handsome peasant boy--a boy of not more than seventeen at the most. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• You have thrown yourself away,' said Eugene, shaking his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were thrown into prison. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In South America, about Buenos Ayres and the River Platte, many cattle are killed simply for the hides and fat; the flesh is thrown away. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Perhaps I have thrown six--have you any matches? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

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