throw around
Example Sentences
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Valve had no weight to throw around and had to pay up, or not have anything to sell.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Critics of AI and social media regularly throw around terms like “continuous partial attention.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Some parents, like Kim Sun, whose two daughters are in primary school, are also worried about bullying on social media, where "kids throw around unthinkably harsh insults" at each other.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
It's a word that we love to throw around, but I want to know, what does it mean to you?
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2023
Maddie asked, whipping a throw around her shoulders and tying it at the hollow of her throat.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
