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threes
threshold
THREW   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
thrill
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1.
... threw him into a fit of anger.   BB p.135, The Family Afterward   Go to page 135 in the Big Book
His wife is one of those persons who really feels there is something rather sinful about these commodities, so she nagged, and her intolerance finally threw him into a fit of anger.

2.
... threw money about in every direction with ...   12&12 p.120, Step Twelve
We threw money about in every direction with the purpose of pleasing ourselves and impressing other people.


3.
... threw money and applause my way.   BB p.3, Bill's Story   Go to page 3 in the Big Book
For the next few years fortune threw money and applause my way.


4.
... threw up our hands in doubt and ...   BB p.53, We Agnostics   Go to page 53 in the Big Book
Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, "We don't know."

5.
... threw us into panic.   12&12 p.121, Step Twelve
The spectacle of years of waste threw us into panic.


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