Sentence examples for is thrown over from inspiring English sources

His "True Heart Susie Image Entertainmentnt), from 1919, is the tale of a simple country girl (Lillian Gish) who makes sacrifices to advance the career of the boy next door (Robert Harron) but is thrown over for a shameless hussy.

When she relates the plot of Cherubini's "Medea," in which the title character is thrown over by a powerful man for a glamorous younger woman, you know that she's thinking about her formidable lover, Aristotle Onassis, who left her for Jacqueline Kennedy.

If Assad is thrown over by his own people, it will be a tremendous strategic setback for Iran and a great victory for the rest of the people in the Middle East, and for us as well because, obviously, Iran is our sworn enemy.

The glass skin is thrown over the entire structure, like a blanket.

One genus, Dinopis, the net-casting spider, carries a web that is thrown over prey.

During the night the web is thrown over a passing insect.

A young Midwestern musician was thrown over by his girl.

"Tables used to be thrown over, that sort of thing.

You can't take basketballs being thrown over and over again at your head during practice?

The New Yorker, March 30 , 1946P. 21 A young Midwestern musician was thrown over by his girl.

By Stanley Edgar Hyman and Brendan Gill The New Yorker, March 30 , 1946P. 21 A young Midwestern musician was thrown over by his girl.