throw over

Example Sentences

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Earlier on, Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez had tipped a Schade long throw over the bar even though nobody had appeared to touch it on the way through.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

No. Far more fun to fire the line-out throw over the top and into Welsh hands.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

“I think Williams tried to throw over my head,” Hunter said of the first and only interception of his two-year career.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023

For the first time, pitchers won’t be allowed to throw over to a base as often as they want.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2022

A steward was handing out rolls of paper streamers for passengers to throw over the railing as the ship sailed.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz