Hurled is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hurled in a sentence
Related words
Hurled meaning
simple past and past participle of hurl
Using Hurled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of hurl
- In the example corpus, hurled often appears in combinations such as: hurled at, and hurled, were hurled.
Context around Hurled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hurled
- In this selection, "hurled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, insults, critique, love, abuse, casteist and vile stand out and add context to how "hurled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after he hurled hateful and and and then hurled rocks wielded. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hurled" sits close to words such as artistes, basel and casually, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hurled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
According to the police, they knocked down a woman and hurled casteist slurs at her. (15 words)
In other footage she was violently thrown against a car as he hurled abuse at her. (16 words)
Briefly, at least, because he quickly escaped a Cobra Twist attempt and hurled Sabre with a German suplex. (18 words)
Later, he took shelter inside the armoury of the camp and hurled grenades when the commanding officer, along with his deputy and medical officer, moved near the building in an effort to persuade him to surrender, the sources said. (39 words)
In Paris, rat catchers hurled rodent cadavers at City Hall Wednesday in one of the more memorable illustrations of how Macron’s plans to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 have stoked workers’ fury. (37 words)
A drunk father-of-three hurled vile abuse at an air stewardess who refused to serve him more alcohol on a flight - then bit a police officer's arm after he was arrested, a court heard. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to the police, they knocked down a woman and hurled casteist slurs at her.
A drunk father-of-three hurled vile abuse at an air stewardess who refused to serve him more alcohol on a flight - then bit a police officer's arm after he was arrested, a court heard.
A retired professional wrestler was banned from a wrestling conference in Los Angeles over the weekend after he hurled hateful and transphobic slurs at a trans wrestler signing autographs for followers.
As you can imagine, this was not said calmly but was hurled at me with the type of visceral anger that only comes from a parent afraid for the safety of their child.
Back at Wetton's halls, he hurled a glass bottle at Dan, leaving him with yellow bruising and swelling to the left side of his face.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday condemned insults hurled at Vinícius, and demanded action against "fascism and racism" in stadiums.
Briefly, at least, because he quickly escaped a Cobra Twist attempt and hurled Sabre with a German suplex.
Dozens of Arabs from Burka first threatened the shepherd and then hurled rocks, wielded clubs and shot live fireworks at him and at several local Jewish residents who came in response to his call for help.
Eyewitnesses reported violent shaking that hurled items to the ground and knocked out power in parts of the capital Honiara.
Heiler, realizing the need to act quickly, picked up a rock from the side of the road and hurled it at the front window, breaking the glass so the doors could be opened from the inside.
However, the 3SC players and officials did not leave the stadium without suffering the ignominy of insults hurled at them by their fans.
However, there is a gap — which was a point of huge critique hurled at Josh — and both Josh and Saku’s gel flower designs were far more elegant.
In 1988, Beach Boy Mike Love hurled insults at Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger while the Beach Boys were being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2022, a landslide cut off a major road and hurled debris into a bay, damaging a popular fishing spot for tribal elders, said Jami Fenn, the tribe’s financial grant manager.
In other footage she was violently thrown against a car as he hurled abuse at her.
In Paris, rat catchers hurled rodent cadavers at City Hall Wednesday in one of the more memorable illustrations of how Macron’s plans to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 have stoked workers’ fury.
Ireland's greatest ever poet was utterly infatuated with Maud Gonne, a fiery revolutionary who “hurled the little streets upon the great” in Yeats' immortal line during her role in the 1916 Uprising.
Later, he took shelter inside the armoury of the camp and hurled grenades when the commanding officer, along with his deputy and medical officer, moved near the building in an effort to persuade him to surrender, the sources said.
Ms Price has previously been critical of the growing 'ugliness' of the campaign amid claims Yes supporters have hurled abuse at their opponents.
Mysterio then hurled Grimes in the direction of Theory at ringside, but Theory got up in time to avoid it.
Common combinations with hurled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hurled at 35×
- and hurled 28×
- were hurled 12×
- who hurled 11×
- he hurled 9×
- was hurled 9×
- also hurled 8×
- hurled abuse 7×
- hurled it 6×
- hurled insults 6×