I couldn't see his dark eyes; the moon's light threw his face into sharp relief and shadows.
Other Examples include somebody throwing a custard pie in another's face.
She threw his face away with a hard push.
Artemus threw his face up to the sky and said: "I feel glorious.
No living man would have thrown his face into a burning fire.
All at once the man threw his face up to the sky and burst into a great roar of laughter.
It came from the viewer at which he worked, throwing his face into sharp relief.
He said he was someone who will "throw balls of fire back into its devil's face."
The glaring California sunlight from the window behind him threw his face into unreadable shadow.
He laughed, a rich throaty sound that threw his pale face into friendly lines.