Sentence examples for throwing a basket from inspiring English sources

Mr. Miao was convicted of arson for throwing a basket onto a burning tank and was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in August 1989.

According to Wolff, one day Naismith walked past a young person throwing a ball into a basket.

Throw a big basket of toys onto the floor.

This story was recounted while undergoing treatment in the hospital for a broken nose when her husband threw a laundry basket at her face.

A barefooted Mutu, dressed in a long black dress and matching gloves, strolled into Pace Gallery, and for a few minutes stood silently reaching into a basket and throwing a sticky black pulp against a white wall.

They tut at tops with stains on while merrily nailing a three-pointer throwing a skirt in the basket.

They realize that shooting baskets or throwing a spiral may not be as easy as it looks on TV and the only way to master these skills is through hard work and practice.

Griffin hit two free throws and a basket to regain the lead, 78-76.

Hayes made two arcing 3-pointers, and Kelly Faris added two free throws and a basket on a jump shot before another basket by Hayes boosted the UConn lead to 40-16 less than five minutes into the second half.

Observations of gym class were no better: at one school I observed children standing in a line, waiting to throw a ball into a basket; at another, I was told that children play no organized games at all.

"The boy answered that he did not know, but that he just liked to see if he could make a basket every time he threw the ball".