How to Use hurling in a Sentence

hurling

noun
  • Croke Park is best known for hosting sports like Gaelic football and hurling.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • And yet, the majestic way Johnson depicts her hurling through space feels like a farewell.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Finally, camogie is the female equivalent of hurling, with the same rules and objectives.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 24 May 2018
  • The most important matter for the president to attend to was the hurling of insults about a TV host's face.
    — Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 29 June 2017
  • In the outer solar system such orbits tend to be tethered at one end to whichever giant planet originally did the hurling.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2018
  • For seven starts, Vargas had pitched like the best starter on the planet, an 86-mph throwing, change-up hurling ace who had been one of the surprises of baseball.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 17 May 2017
  • Along with the building, the property includes fields dedicated to Gaelic football and hurling.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The video depicts a short part of the response to a violent riot, which included rock hurling and attempts to sabotage the security fence, and lasted about two hours.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
  • From there you’d be whisked to the historic Croke Park stadium, home to Ireland’s national games of hurling and Gaelic football.
    — Adam Erace, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2018
  • Ludgar and his fellow hurling machines threw boulders, but the historical records point to English forces employing more imaginative ammo, too.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
  • The attack comes as Portland continues to grapple with nights of unrest that have increasingly turned violent, leading to shootings, assaults, arson and the hurling of deadly objects at police officers.
    — Fox News, 18 Aug. 2020
  • At first glance, the hurling of F-bombs, menacing threats and burly security guards whisking away unruly members of the crowds packing suburban school board meetings in recent weeks seems straight out of a reality TV show.
    — Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • One regular at a Hickory Hills Pepe's restaurant won't be welcome anymore after a video surfaced online showing the customer hurling insults at a group of teenage Muslim girls, the eatery's officials said.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Daily Southtown, 7 June 2017
  • Few experiences match the buzz of a live Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) match, where locals cheer on their regional teams in football and hurling.
    — Louise Kavanagh, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But aside from a couple of hurling jokes, Myers and Carvey stuck to the script and put all the attention on the Queen biopic that shared a name with the song that became the standout musical moment of their 1992 comedy classic.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2019

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