Literary notes about HURL (AI summary)
The word “hurl” is often employed to convey a forceful act of casting or throwing, whether referring to a physical object or an abstract idea. In epic literature, it vividly portrays scenes of martial vigor and divine intervention—heroes hurl spears or massive objects with breathtaking strength ([1], [2], [3]). At the same time, the term is extended metaphorically to describe the impulsive or vehement projection of words, insults, or even fate, as characters defy authority or express their inner turmoil ([4], [5], [6]). This dual usage enriches the narrative by linking tangible physicality with the emotional and ideological clashes of the characters.
- Once in your cause I felt his matchless might, Hurl'd headlong down from the ethereal height;
— from The Iliad by Homer - At this, advancing, Turnus hurl’d his spear: The phantom wheel’d, and seem’d to fly for fear.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - His struggling soul his words suppressed; Indignant then he turned him where Their arms the brawny yeomen bare, To hurl the massive bar in air.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott - Defiance, traitors, hurl we in your teeth.
— from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare - else I snatch the pipe from thy mouth and hurl thee where that red coal came from.
— from Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne - She not only cannot forget that she is Western, but she takes every opportunity to hurl this fact against others to humiliate them.
— from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore
