How to Use hurling in a Sentence
hurling
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And yet, the majestic way Johnson depicts her hurling through space feels like a farewell.
— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2017 -
The most important matter for the president to attend to was the hurling of insults about a TV host's face.
— Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 29 June 2017 -
For seven starts, Vargas had pitched like the best starter on the planet, an 86-mph throwing, change-up hurling ace who had been one of the surprises of baseball.
— Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 17 May 2017 -
From there you’d be whisked to the historic Croke Park stadium, home to Ireland’s national games of hurling and Gaelic football.
— Adam Erace, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2018 -
Finally, camogie is the female equivalent of hurling, with the same rules and objectives.
— Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 24 May 2018 -
But aside from a couple of hurling jokes, Myers and Carvey stuck to the script and put all the attention on the Queen biopic that shared a name with the song that became the standout musical moment of their 1992 comedy classic.
— Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2019 -
Courtois was forced into another save shortly after - hurling himself to his left side to tip away a fierce, driven effort from Gayle.
— SI.com, 13 May 2018 -
In the outer solar system such orbits tend to be tethered at one end to whichever giant planet originally did the hurling.
— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2018 -
The video depicts a short part of the response to a violent riot, which included rock hurling and attempts to sabotage the security fence, and lasted about two hours.
— Oren Liebermann, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018 -
At first glance, the hurling of F-bombs, menacing threats and burly security guards whisking away unruly members of the crowds packing suburban school board meetings in recent weeks seems straight out of a reality TV show.
— Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021 -
One regular at a Hickory Hills Pepe's restaurant won't be welcome anymore after a video surfaced online showing the customer hurling insults at a group of teenage Muslim girls, the eatery's officials said.
— Alicia Fabbre, Daily Southtown, 7 June 2017 -
Ludgar and his fellow hurling machines threw boulders, but the historical records point to English forces employing more imaginative ammo, too.
— William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017 -
Ludgar and his fellow hurling machines threw boulders, but the historical records point to English forces employing more imaginative ammo, too.
— William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017 -
The attack comes as Portland continues to grapple with nights of unrest that have increasingly turned violent, leading to shootings, assaults, arson and the hurling of deadly objects at police officers.
— Fox News, 18 Aug. 2020 -
Conservatives and liberals agreed the book offered no new information and that Comey lost credibility as an objective witness in the Russian investigation by throwing himself into the political fray and hurling insults at President Trump.
— William Cummings, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2018
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