A tree, with a slender stem abruptly enlarged at the base or tapering from the middle to the ends, covered with thin pale blue or nearly white rind, and conspicuously marked by the dark scars of fallen leaf-stalks.
In the word, and in all its derivatives, the accent is thrown back on to the first syllable.
One end is thick and tapers gradually to the other end, which is made rough in order to give the hand a more secure hold; in using he weapon the heavy end is thrown back before it is hurled.
Dominique, thrown backin his butaca, with his eyes half closed, was mechanically smoking his Indian pipe.
His rather large head was, doubtless through a habit of commanding, thrown back, his features were handsome and strongly marked, while his glance had extraordinary intensity.
Corruption has eaten into the spirit of the people; the result is, the great duty of deliverance is thrown back upon an individual.
We soon find that Ulysses has beenthrown back to Calypso's Isle from Fableland, of which in a certain sense it is the continuation.
His head is thrown back, and his eyes are raised upward.
The head is thrown back slightly, and the eyes are raised upward.
But when, by the bounty of Ceres, food became abundant, then they distributed an equal portion to each individual, and so banquets became orderly entertainments.
And in consequence of their luxury the suitors had such tender hands that they were not able to bend the bow; and even their servants were a very luxurious set.
And Hermippus says, that Theocritus of Chios used to blame the way in which Anaximenes used to wrap his cloak round him as a boorish style of dressing.
Defn: A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage.
A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thrown back" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
