Usage examples for casting:

• Hydarnes cut the matter short by rising from his stool and casting himself before the king. "A Victor of Salamis" – William Stearns Davis

• Ten minutes later he has revealed the fact that he has brought down a little thing of his own which will just do, and is casting the parts. "The Gem Collector" – P. G. Wodehouse

• The next night, though, they had to let go, for their mother was casting her shell. "Among the Pond People" – Clara Dillingham Pierson

• " Him, back in there," replied Flea, casting her head backward in the direction of the library. "From the Valley of the Missing" – Grace Miller White