In Senegal the custom of throwing stones on cairns by the wayside is said to be observed "in order to ensure a speedy and prosperous return.
However, the custom of throwing stones or sticks on a grave has undoubtedly been observed by passers-by in many parts of the world, and that, too, even when the graves are not those of persons who have come to a violent end.
Two of our Kentucky regiments were stationed as guards at the depot, and on this occasion were amusing themselves by throwing stones at every poor negro who had occasion to pass within a stone's throw of them.
I have often seen the pickets on both sides amusing themselves by throwing stones across it.
Now Goliath is the giant whom ‘the reddish hero with fine face’ overcomes by throwing stones; in other words, the Sun-hero throws stones at the monster of the storm.
Having invited the neighbouring giants to try their strength with him in throwing stones, he won the victory by tossing a huge rock across the sea into Ireland.
The more common form of spirit peculiar to our time appears constantly in various parts of the country; it is continually turning up in the American newspapers, rapping on walls, throwing stones, tipping over tables, etc.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "throwing stones" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
