threw away

past tense of throw away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for threw away
Verb
  • All affected products should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Malone entered his postgame news conference minutes later, crumpled up a copy of the box score and discarded it in the nearest trash can.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Rushdie was born in India, but spent much of his life in the UK and now resides in New York.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2024
  • She’s spent over five years researching, reporting on, and writing about the beauty industry for publications like Martha Stewart Living, Martha Stewart Weddings, InStyle, and Byrdie.
    Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • These chemicals also threaten the water when products containing them are dumped onto the ground or into lakes and rivers.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • That’s when a series of storms dumped a significant amount of rain in Northern California, lifting water levels across the region.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Huskies also lost a trio of transfers after 2021-22 — Piath Gabriel (UMass), Mir McLean (Virginia, Maryland) and Saylor Poffenbarger (Arkansas, Maryland) — who all averaged less than five minutes of playing time in their UConn careers.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Atlanta lost Charlie Morton and Max Fried in the offseason before losing Reynaldo López to a shoulder injury this year.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Threw away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threw%20away. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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