How to Use hurl in a Sentence

hurl

verb
  • He hurled a chair at me.
  • Someone hurled a rock through the window.
  • It looked like she was going to hurl herself down the stairs.
  • The protesters hurled insults at us.
  • Cannon hurls a last plate against the wall.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Or other words that have been hurled at him.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
  • Some school buses were picked up by the wind and hurled three blocks.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Watch your head, there’s much talk of tomes being hurled across the room.
    — Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Kennedy could be heard hurling swears at the Swedish team.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Its rusted body hurled across the room and crashed into the pit.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • Some would have been hurled inward, toward the sun.
    — Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Trash hurled from the window of a passing car lands at the man’s feet.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 28 Feb. 2023
  • An angry mob of white adults hurled slurs and spat on the high schoolers.
    — Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
  • On that day, the mob hurled racist epithets, smoke bombs, and fists at him.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There is no doubt that the Davosites deserve much of what has been hurled at them.
    — The Economist, 16 Nov. 2019
  • The actor returned fire by hurling a bag of chips at the clerk.
    — Essence, 2 Jan. 2020
  • In one scene, a group of activists went up to the fence and hurled stones at the other side.
    — Fares Akram, The Seattle Times, 31 Mar. 2019
  • Dad went first, hurling a rock that landed midway across a pond.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Cry me a river, and bottle the tears up so someone else can hurl it at you.
    — Yesha Callahan, The Root, 24 May 2018
  • The man whipped Max in response, then hurled the garment back at the boy.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Young hurled up an off-balance one-hander that bounced off the rim as the horn sounded.
    — arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The new mom hurled ice at her bathtub while screaming, and people had a lot to say about it.
    — Kristina Behr, Parents, 16 May 2024
  • Each guest was invited to hurl a brick through the windows — a dandy way of trolling the libs.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The team sprinted onto the pitch as a pinnie was hurled into the air.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The director hurled himself to the floor.
    — Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Gone are the days — more or less — of dressing-room scraps or managers hurling teacups at the wall.
    — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Hezonja hurled a lob, and before the pass reached the top of its arc, the clock started to tick down.
    — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The deputies eventually fought with the man and hurled him against a jail wall with enough force to knock him out.
    — Christopher Damien, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The little girl was plucking them up, one by one, and hurling them back into the ocean.
    — Rachel Dissell, Brie Zeltner, cleveland.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • When the first fall did not prove fatal, he was dragged back up and hurled down again, which finally killed him.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026

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