Crossword clues for hurled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hurl \Hurl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. [root]16. See Hurtle.]
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To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.
And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
--Pope. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.
--Spenser.[Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. ``Hurled or crooked feet.'' [Obs.]
--Fuller.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: hurl)
Usage examples of "hurled".
He watched, as transfixed as the two dumbfounded scouts, as the elf hurled the contents of the skin.
A dozen or more fighters leaped from the boat onto dry land and hurled themselves at Bunlap's men.
The sounds coming from the vale ahead—the clanging of swords, the grunts and screams of pain, the horrible, hate-filled oaths hurled by the human fighters— promised that the battle would be difficult and ugly.
Arilyn leaped over his prone form and hurled herself, sword leading, at the Halruaan.
Rows of iron-tipped bolts stood ready by each ballista, and piles of grapeshot—spiked iron balls linked with chain—would prove deadly when hurled from the catapult.
She twisted the blade, yanked it free, and then hurled it at a second guard.
Then she lifted the sword high and hurled it—not at the guards, but into the deadly pool.
She hurled herself at him, thrust the dagger into his belly with one hand, and grabbed the wrist of his sword arm with the other.
When Foxfire leaped out from his hiding place, Bunlap did not so much as blink, but instead hurled the knife he had back and ready.
The bolt of magic hurled itself against the crux of gleaming silver, then skittered along the daggers, dissipating in scattered motes that sparkled off the razor-sharp edges of the blades.
With one smooth, practiced movement he flipped one dagger into the air, caught it by the tip, and hurled it toward his opponent.
Without breaking pace, Tzigone caught an orange and hurled it at her detractor.
She snatched up handfuls of eels from the fishmonger's baskets and hurled them at the wizard.
When the wall spanned the vast chamber, the wizard took a tiny metal token and hurled it at the coral frame, shouting a single word.
He peeled off one of the creatures and hurled it toward his entrapped and struggling lizard.