How To Use Throwing away In A Sentence

  • We can't carry on as we are, throwing away huge quantities of recyclable waste every year.
  • Fed up of the amount of junkmail we were not reading and simply throwing away into the paperbank, we simply put a note on the door, asking for no more unaddressed mail and advertising to be delivered.
  • Just eight per cent of households throwing away full card numbers had made attempts to destroy them.
  • Families are throwing away 700 worth of food a year on average and the amount wasted has increased after years of decline. Times, Sunday Times
  • Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation.
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  • Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation.
  • Throwing away an advantageous position. Times, Sunday Times
  • Throwing away a watch case isn't an obstruction of an official investigation because it isn't relevant.
  • Claire served the chili, which tasted like the old joke about throwing away the beans and eating the can. DOLL'S EYES
  • Throwing away an advantageous position. Times, Sunday Times
  • And if that means throwing away Bach's own legato slurs - so be it.
  • And still he did not rise, this man they'd locked up before throwing away the key, this penitent. A MEANS TO EVIL
  • Throwing away leftovers is often better business than risking running out of stock. Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Why The Amount of Food Eaten is as Important as the Amount That is Not
  • But the move is bitterly opposed by military chiefs, who claim it risks throwing away the gains made by British forces. The Sun
  • There's something atavistically pleasing about not throwing away kitchen scraps; it makes you feel a better person in some small way.
  • He literally covered his tracks by throwing away shoes he wore and carrying a duster to wipe away finger prints.
  • When an opportunity comes, it holds possibilities. And when you move away from it or don't sense it or grasp it, you're really throwing away your future; you're throwing away your tomorrow. Robert H. Schuller 
  • I felt like throwing away all my ideas of dumb luck and invoking God, Fate and a bunch of other capitalized words.
  • The odds are that you are throwing away an unparalleled opportunity to take stock and work out what you want to do. Times, Sunday Times
  • I'm sure you can recall being shammed into throwing away $10 for a bad movie at some point in your life. M. Night Shyamalan's Trouble in Hollywood - Will The Happening Hit Big? « FirstShowing.net
  • Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation.
  • Do not be deceived into throwing away a decent offer in pursuit of pie in the sky.
  • Therefore, in throwing away his pipe, he intentionally cuts himself off from human pleasures and the ties of home.
  • Lambasted after throwing away a two-goal lead against Austria in their opening group six match on Saturday, England went into the match knowing another shambolic display could cost Sven-Goran Eriksson his job as head coach.
  • “I would hardly,” said the Marquis, “consent to your throwing away your birthright in this manner, were I not perfectly confident that Lady Ashton, or Lady Douglas, or whatever she calls herself, will, as Scotchmen say, keep her threep; and that her husband dares not contradict her.” The Bride of Lammermoor
  • Well, you know your father has never much approved of gambling, beyond what he calls a mild flutter; so when he found she was throwing away several thousands a year ---- Juggernaut
  • Do not be deceived into throwing away a decent offer in pursuit of pie in the sky.
  • Adam's a damn fool, a moron for not realising what he could be throwing away.
  • When Rory McIlroy choked in the final round of the US Masters two months ago, throwing away a four-stroke lead and finishing tied for 15th place after a humiliating round of 80, the golf obituarists were instantly on his case. In praise of … Rory McIlroy | Editorial
  • And still he did not rise, this man they'd locked up before throwing away the key, this penitent. A MEANS TO EVIL
  • He pantomimed zipping his lips and throwing away the key.
  • So there's a lot of stock they've sent here which I'm just going to be throwing away.
  • Claire served the chili, which tasted like the old joke about throwing away the beans and eating the can. DOLL'S EYES
  • They have been consulting on what to do with those who have severe personality disorders and they seem set to turn back the clock a century by locking them up in Bedlams and throwing away the key.
  • And still he did not rise, this man they'd locked up before throwing away the key, this penitent. A MEANS TO EVIL
  • So there's a lot of stock they've sent here which I'm just going to be throwing away.
  • Drake, in his _Eboracum_, says (p. 7, Appendix), "I have been so frightened with stories of the barguest when I was a child, that I cannot help throwing away an etymology upon it. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
  • After experiencing a decline in recyclable materials, the city of Bristol, Connecticut, have decided to randomly pick through citizens garbage to ensure they are not throwing away recyclables with ordinary trash: In an effort to ensure full participation in recycling, which is mandated by state law and by city ordinance, the Public Works Department will randomly audit the contents of rubbish barrels to ensure that recyclable materials are not being disposed of with rubbish. All Your Recyclables Are Belong To Us
  • Somewhere in there, I decided that fabric was not for throwing away and began creating patchwork designs, sometimes piecing quilts.
  • He will argue leaving means throwing away more power than any nation has in'human peacetime history '. The Sun
  • When asked about the portion of the video showing him at the trash chute throwing away Giraldo's property, Monserrate says "She was a little aggressive and 'disorientated'; I tried to calm her down. Diaz Sr. Throws a Stone at Peralta
  • Do not be deceived into throwing away a decent offer in pursuit of pie in the sky.
  • For a moment, he regretted throwing away the darts. The Broken God
  • Throwing away an advantageous position. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was far too hard headed and realistic to permit the needless throwing away of lives in the ill-conceived offensives that characterised the First World War.
  • When fishermen are throwing away unused bait, the pelicans will descend in noisy throngs and are very adept at catching fish morsels in mid air, mouths agape as they squawk for more!
  • If we cannot stop the dills from throwing away lit cigarettes, we could at least save the occasional fire by asking the shopkeepers to not stock magnifying glasses as toys.
  • The man was from Mexico, a London boy transplanted into a hot Hispanic city, where he was throwing away his brains and education on a louche life of nightclubs and restaurants.

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