hurling
Example Sentences
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President Trump is known for hurling scathing insults at world leaders.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Seb Daly/Sportsfile: For the uninitiated, this is hurling - an Irish sport that is incredibly fast, very skilful and, as this image shows, highly physical.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
The England midfielder's 57th-minute goal prompted Emery to roar in delight before ripping off his jacket and hurling it into the air.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
What they refrain from hurling in that moment, or at any point throughout “Welcome to Derry,” is a dehumanizing slur splashed all over the pages of the original “It.”
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025
Instead of hitting the beast head-on, she lifted to a standing crouch on the saddle and pulled the trike to the side at the last second, hurling herself onto the tyrannosaurus’s back.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.