Sentence:  Even though I have always had a genius for `` <WSD>throwing</WSD> myself into '' every role and `` playing it for all it 's worth '' , no actress can be expected to do her best work when her fortune , her reputation , her livelihood , her home and her nation itself are all imperilled . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  move violently, energetically, or carelessly