Throws

Examples

• Mr. Snagsby, having said this in a very plaintive manner, throws in a cough of general application to fill up all the blanks. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is no valid objection that science as yet throws no light on the far higher problem of the essence or origin of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• So the boy pipes, as he selects it from his change, and throws it on the counter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• To my mind it symbolizes a view of the state which we are outgrowing, and throws into relief the view towards which we are struggling. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• When one talks into a receiver, _L_, the voice throws into vibration a sensitive iron plate standing before an electromagnet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Referring to this beginning of his career, he mentions a curious fact that throws light on his ceaseless application. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is true that the abbé mentions the idea, but he throws it out as a bare conjecture, and proposes no mode of ascertaining the truth of it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• This throws new light upon the matter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He resembled a deer, that throws one ear back upon the trail behind, and one ear forward, to know what is ahead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Then he throws in the transmitting apparatus, which automatically disconnects the receiving end. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The feeblest imaginable current suffices to deflect the needle in one direction, which throws back the little beam of light upon it to the graduated front of the scale. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The division of the soul throws a new light on our exclusion of imitation. Plato. The Republic.
• I have attempted to show how much light the principle of gradation throws on the admirable architectural powers of the hive-bee. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn, profoundly attentive, throws this off with a shrug of self-depreciation and contracts his eyebrows a little more. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And now if we pass on to the second point we find that each throws light upon the other. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• There is no vehicle save a dog-cart which throws up mud in that way, and then only when you sit on the left-hand side of the driver. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Guppy then throws him a penny, and Mrs. Snagsby calls to Guster to see him safely out of the house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Well, we shall see if the inside throws any light upon the matter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Smallweed, purposely balking himself in an aim at the trooper's head, throws the pipe on the ground and breaks it to pieces. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But imitation throws no light upon why they so act; it repeats the fact as an explanation of itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Throws his lordship's papers into the fire, my dear, if he won't pay the jeweller! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Bucket throws his light into the doorway and says to Mr. Snagsby, Now, what do you say to Toughy? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Veneering then says to Mrs Veneering, 'We must work,' and throws himself into a Hansom cab. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The mirror as it moves throws a beam of light upon a scale and the indications are read by the spot of light. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• If he brought an exceptionally keen intelligence to their business, that merely throws it into a brighter light. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Grandfather Smallweed immediately throws the cushion at her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This benefit is not derived from the inventor who hides his completed invention for years in his closet, or throws it on a dust heap. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Yes it is, said I, because I cannot bear that people should say, 'she throws away her graces and attractions on a mere boor, the lowest in the crowd. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Then suddenly, with a fierce gesture of his closed hand, like one who throws reserve to the winds, he began. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• There is a bright-eyed woman, of a strong will and immense power of business detail, who throws herself into objects with surprising ardour! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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