throw wide
Example Sentences
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However, he misfired badly, pulling his throw wide of the bag even after a diving effort by Freeman.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2022
Pinch-hitter Luke Voit grounded into what seemed destined to be an inning-ending double play, but Mets second baseman Javier Baez sailed his pivot throw wide of first base, allowing pinch-runner Andrew Velazquez to scamper home.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2021
Sam Schweitez air-balled a free throw wide right late in the first half.
From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2015
Will Toby and Kit uncover the truth, bring the duplicitous to justice, throw wide the dusty curtains of avaricious corporate abomination?
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2013
Tensed for disaster, I heard the second intruder throw wide the door to the back hall.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
