Below you will find example sentences with "throwing away". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Throwing Away in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: throwing
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.9 words

Words in this phrase

throwing away

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • throwing can mean: present participle and gerund of throw Frequent word
  • away can mean: From a place, hence. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 12 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

felt like throwing away time and 1× guilty of throwing away leads at 1× his team throwing away a game 1× households were throwing away 12 2 1× i was throwing away every day 1× jailed after throwing away his chance 1× looked like throwing away the lead 1× on or throwing away garbage in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

boosted by szmodics 1× but these decisions 1× buying from a 1× calling the efforts 1× eberflus vaguely took 1× everything has to 1×

Common sentence endings:

a huge risk 1× a new one 1× access to paralegals 1× at home recently 1× away every day 1× away their possessions 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

game 3× people 3× food 3× everything 2× half 2× took 2× money 2× team 2× public 2× waste 2× percent 2× private 2×

Related phrases

walked away drove away further away stay away miles away ran away passed away feet away stayed away throw away

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around throwing:

throwing error 7× started throwing 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

throw away throughout north threw two threw down threatening injuries threatening behaviour

Just after it in the phrase index:

throwing error thursday afternoon thursday aug thursday august thursday evening thursday jan

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

throwing error

Same ending:

walked away drove away further away stay away miles away ran away

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "throwing away" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as felt like throwing away time and, guilty of throwing away leads at, game, people and food stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with walked away, drove away, further away, throwing error and started throwing, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with throwing away

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Mountain was jailed after throwing away his chance to keep his freedom. (12 words)

That’s unfortunate, says Visser, because it means we’re “throwing away” a lot of electricity. (16 words)

Frostpunk 2 may expand on the original, but it's not throwing away what made the 2018 gem so special. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Tottenham, who have not won a trophy since 2008, lost to second-tier Sheffield United in the FA Cup fifth round this month, went out of the Champions League to AC Milan with a whimper before throwing away victory at Southampton. (41 words)

Boosted by Szmodics’ goal in first half injury time took charge of the second half and never looked like throwing away the lead that was doubled on the hour by Gallagher’s second of the game. (36 words)

Its core design and progression structure isn't significantly different to its predecessors, but throwing away the strides that made in the 3D space in favor of low detail and bright colors was a huge risk. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

It is not only my house, it's all the houses and we are throwing away furniture, we are throwing away everything.

Boosted by Szmodics’ goal in first half injury time took charge of the second half and never looked like throwing away the lead that was doubled on the hour by Gallagher’s second of the game.

Buying from a supermarket is “throwing away your money,” quipped Mike Mashuro, 51, after purchasing a bottle of cooking oil from Munyanyi’s stall.

Calling the efforts “sweeps,” the organization accused the city of failing to offer housing to people living on the street and throwing away their possessions.

Eberflus vaguely took responsibility for his team throwing away a game in which it led by 12 with four minutes left, but steered clear of anything specific.

Everything has to go to landfill and you’re potentially throwing away very good quality sandstone and then what you’re replacing it with is probably imported.

Frostpunk 2 may expand on the original, but it's not throwing away what made the 2018 gem so special.

Its core design and progression structure isn't significantly different to its predecessors, but throwing away the strides that made in the 3D space in favor of low detail and bright colors was a huge risk.

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Mountain was jailed after throwing away his chance to keep his freedom.

Perhaps it’s precisely because the Australian public was so supportive of locking people up and throwing away the key that the search for better and more constitutionally sound alternatives ceased.

Sharon also applies the magic method to things like putting a seatbelt on or throwing away garbage in the correct spot.

The Rabobank-KiwiHarvest Food Waste survey found households were throwing away 12.2 percent of the food they bought down from 13.4 percent last year.

This is a position they are usually comfortable in - although they will look to kill the game because they have been guilty of throwing away leads at home recently.

Tottenham, who have not won a trophy since 2008, lost to second-tier Sheffield United in the FA Cup fifth round this month, went out of the Champions League to AC Milan with a whimper before throwing away victory at Southampton.

While I'm not a radical environmentalist, I didn't like the number of cans and plastic bottles I was throwing away every day.

With the imbalances of resources between her public school and his private schools, Devi decides to cheat, throwing away one of their folders prepared by their paralegals (because apparently private schools have access to paralegals).

But these decisions contradicted Apple’s own commitment to sustainability, because the company’s restrictions made repairs more costly and could result in more people just throwing away devices for a new one.

I was spending nearly $3,000 monthly, mostly with the 'stock up' mindset, which was leading to food waste and really felt like throwing away time and money.

Stacey's co-host Dilly was later forced to step in as Keith tried to stop the team from throwing away the children's clothes.

That’s unfortunate, says Visser, because it means we’re “throwing away” a lot of electricity.

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