How to Use throw down in a Sentence

throw down

verb
  • Dude, the liftie doesn’t want to throw down.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 6 Dec. 2025
  • This is not the day to throw down the gauntlet.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Let’s bust out the red ink and throw down some grades on this deal.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • How many rocks have been thrown down a certain path?
    — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Others of us write, sing, dance or throw down in the kitchen.
    — Essence, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Some of those who had been near the café’s entrance had been thrown down the stairs.
    — Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
  • Just bopping in the studio now and then to throw down some ideas.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
  • Both players threw down their gloves and their helmets and the bell rang.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Better to fight than throw down your arms and hope Trump takes pity on you.
    — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Ware was a force around the rim, as the 7-footer threw down six dunks in the win.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
  • But Hall threw down a dunk and then finished strong through for a three-point play.
    — Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The panel all picked up what the show was throwing down with the rapper clues.
    — Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Wembanyama burst around it, received a pass and threw down a dunk.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • At some point, officers threw down spike strips in the bus’ path, ripping through its tires.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Receivers dropped throws slightly behind them on a slant route, swing pass and thrown down the seam.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Mysterio didn’t want to throw down in New York.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The creators trained staff there on the new game and then watched with pride as players lined up to throw down their chips.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
  • There are going to be guys getting thrown down, rolled up into our ankles.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Some even offer me modest sums of money to throw down my top 10 list.
    — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • And there’s plenty of throwing down in the kitchen throughout the season.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t make the mistake that many flippers do; resist the urge to throw down plastic turf.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Spears stayed up top for three seconds and eventually was thrown down in the back half of the end zone.
    — Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Officers again gave chase, throwing down a spike strip that the man drove over, then kept going.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
  • Court documents said tacks, blocks and toys were also thrown down the stairs during the video.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • After each rescue, a new line is thrown down, so there’s no strain on the ropes and harnesses.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
  • What the Panthers want to see in Young’s second game are more throws down the field.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Do a bit of weed eating, mow a nice pattern into the lawn and throw down a bit of mulch to keep the weeds at bay?
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022
  • Kuminga elevated, switched the ball from his right to his left hand, and threw down a poster dunk.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The all-or-nothing trick Goepper threw down said a lot about his goals and the sport itself.
    — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Canyon had runners on first and second with no outs when Ayres threw down to second for the out.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026

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