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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

thrown

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/θɹəʊn/Used In Literature ↓

To change place.

Origin

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Common Phrases

away thrownoff thrownback throwndown thrownupon thrown
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Poetry examples for thrown

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The inkstand is full of ink, and the paper lies white and unspotted,

in the round of light thrown by a candle. Puffs of darkness sweep into

the corners, and keep rolling through the room behind his chair. The air

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France and such a journal should be suppressed and its

editors trapped and thrown into jail as criminals. The

proprietor of the bar replied that he was not in West

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