Sentence examples for were thrown for from inspiring English sources

"Dinners were thrown for us hither and yon," recalls Bowles.

Molotov cocktails were thrown for the first time on mainland Britain.

With a combination of diving breaking balls and a darting fastball, all of which were thrown for strikes, Darvish was in command all game.

Why Arcs Are Not Rings Aficionados of Neptune's arcs, those clumps of debris that form stable segments of rings around the planet, were thrown for a loop several years ago.

But Saturday's planned festivities were thrown for a further loop when rough weather prevented two of the founders, Matt Besser and Ian Roberts, from arriving in New York for the event (their plane from Los Angeles was diverted to Syracuse), leaving Ms. Poehler and the fourth member of the troupe, Matt Walsh, to handle M.C. duties for most of the night.

According to reports, orgies and "libertine parties" were thrown for DSK — nicknamed "the king of the party" by an alleged participant — in Lille, Washington, and Paris.

So back to this 1980s-themed road rally, treasure hunt, business conference they were throwing for themselves.

Everything could be thrown for strikes".

"It felt like a party that was thrown for me".

That dice was thrown for us by the voters.

He was thrown for a loss on fourth down.