lofted

verb

past tense of loft
as in threw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver

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Recent Examples of lofted Makenna Morris lofted free kick that found Arin Wright, whose pass set up Gacioch for a header against former Racing goalkeeper Katie Atkinson. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 One of the leading-edge telescopes set to be lofted by the European Space Agency, Plato, is designed to zoom in on small terrestrial planets that might resemble the Earth. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Thankfully, 33 seconds into the second half of extra time, Pedro Porro lofted a cross to Williams, who came on in the 75th minute for a spark. — Sean Gregory, Time, 20 July 2026 On the final day of the season, Curt Cignetti stood amid the red and white confetti and lofted yet another trophy for the Big Ten. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Behind her, in the back left corner of the box, teammate Janine Sonis, who prepped at Valor Christian, lofted a cross high into the mountain air and at the low right post. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026 Transporter-1 lofted 143 of those back in January 2021, which remains the global single-launch record. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 July 2026 Brooks Lee lofted a fly ball just inside the right-field foul pole for a two-run home run in the second. — CBS News, 27 June 2026 After an offseason of questions, speculation and even nail-biting worry about the most important right ankle in Denver sports, Bo Nix planted it into the turf at the end of a three-step dropback and lofted a ball toward the front pylon of the end zone. — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lofted
  1. threw
  2. hurled
  3. tossed
  4. slung
  5. flung
Verb
  • Cade Gibson, Calvin Faucher and Tyler Zuber combined to allow one run over three innings before Pete Fairbanks threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his 16th save.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Pete Fairbanks, the Marlins' fifth pitcher, threw just seven pitches while earning his 16th save with a perfect ninth.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of threw
Verb
  • While the violent mobs who hurled stones at marchers in 1966 are long gone, civil rights advocates say their demands remained strikingly familiar and that the threat to democracy has not disappeared.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Resinous pine cones can also ignite and be hurled hundreds of meters by wind, helping fire spread.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of hurled
Verb
  • Roman Reigns tossed the chair aside, moving past his obsession.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Joe Mack homered, Xavier Edwards added an RBI single and Sandy Alcantara tossed six-plus solid innings for the Marlins, who won the final three games of the four-game series.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of tossed
Verb
  • As Mars’s gravity slung the spacecraft onto the next leg of its journey, mission scientists used the opportunity to put its multispectral imager through a full dress rehearsal.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 21 July 2026
  • Luke Shaw broke into open space down the left just past the half-hour mark and slung in a cross intended for his striker, but Zirkzee was several steps behind the penalty spot when the ball was delivered, unable to attack it when he was needed most.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of slung
Verb
  • The impact flung trillions of tons of debris into the sky, and much of it headed right into that yawning atmosphere and into Earth’s orbit.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • The moment when everything has been flung apart and is exploding in front of you.
    — Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of flung

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