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Example sentences for "threw down"

  • I was throwing them down, had thrown down a great many, when at last I threw down my right arm.

  • I dreamed then that I threw down my left arm.

  • It was after I threw down my gun, as they all started to run.

  • The bullets were flying so thick there I thought I could not live there, so I threw down my arms and surrendered.

  • I was wounded in the right shoulder and muscle of the back, and knocked down before I threw down my gun.

  • The cities I threw down, dug up, (and) with fire burned.

  • I had scarce been at my Quarters an Hour, when a sudden Shock attack'd the House so violently, that it threw down Tiles, Windows, Chimneys and all.

  • A desperado, seeking to kill him, threw down on him as he was entering a saloon.

  • Whirling with the swiftness of a fighting cat he spurned the senseless outlaw with his boot and "threw down" on McCandless.


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "threw down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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