lobbed in English

verb

1

throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc.

he lobbed the ball over their heads

synonyms: throw, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, pelt, sling, launch, propel, chuck, heave

verb

throw, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, pelt, sling, launch, propel, chuck, heave

Use "lobbed" in a sentence

1. On a recent afternoon, he lobbed a variety of plastic lures toward the big fish.

2. Alvin shot marbles in the road and had a brick lobbed at him by a little girl with whom he played.

3. If I went around saying I was an emperor because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

4. 23 He also lobbed one at a priest in a North Carolina federal prison while serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court.

5. Poborský's name is often attached to his performance in Euro 96, where during the quarter-final match against Portugal, he chipped the ball and lobbed it over the advancing Vítor Baía.