Threw in example sentence

I played a great while, and had very good luck for him; but the last time I held the box, they set me high, and I threw boldly at all; I held the box till I gained near fourscore guineas, but lost above half of it back in the last throw; so I got up, for I was afraid I should lose it all back again, and said to him, 'Pray come, sir, now, and take it and play for yourself; I think I have done pretty well for you.'

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So I actually threw a pop quiz here onto Rufus.

This coincided with the time when he threw himself body and soul into chemistry because it was the only consolation for his sadness.

On one particular occasion, one of the guards threw a grenade into the prisoners' lavatory while it was full of prisoners.

But then finally, one of the researchers threw out this crazy idea.

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