Sentence examples for is thrown against from inspiring English sources

The CIA called it "walling": a fake, flexible wall is constructed and a detainee is thrown against it, creating a loud noise.

The trauma that results from an explosion for example, when someone is thrown against the ground can shear blood vessels, causing internal bleeding.

The boy – we soon discover he's a teenager – struggling in a freezing, turbulent sea, is thrown against some rocks and dies.

On II that voice is thrown against the music in the same way a painter might chuck paint at a canvas.

A tap is produced if one articulator is thrown against another, as when the loosely held tongue tip makes a single tap against the upper teeth or the alveolar ridge.

At the moment, almost every political proposal is thrown against that brutal optimism-destroyer: "But where's the money coming from?" These are not times to suggest extra rights, extra services or extra anything, it seems.

According to police, it had been thrown against a wall.

I actually was thrown against the wall, it was such an impact.

It was good to feel the girl being thrown against him, then away.

It sounds, after a while, like ball bearings being thrown against a metal sheet.

Being thrown against sharp rock pinnacles jutting out from the valley side is another worry.