TOSS in a Sentence

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196 example sentences for TOSS, such as:

1. He tossed the ball to Anna.
2. I tossed the book aside and got up.
3. Then he gave the queer toss of his head.
4. He tossed off several papers in half an hour.
5. Mrs. Dillon and Willis Woodford lost the toss.

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 Meanings and Examples of TOSS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
toss
 v.  throw carelessly; throw to see which side comes up; move or stir about violently
Classic Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
1  They made pleasant clicking noises which were very satisfactory and she thought that she must remember to toss her head frequently when with Rhett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
2  Confusion and dismay filled her when she saw Rhett alight from his horse and toss the reins over the arm of the cast-iron negro boy who stood at the sidewalk.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
3  Mrs. Dillon and Willis Woodford lost the toss.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
4  She would toss her head and ask me to feel the muscles swell in her brown arm.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIX
5  For he had no resources such as most invalids have; all he could do was to lie there and toss about from side to side.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
6  The sails drop; we swing back to the oars; without delay the sailors strongly toss up the foam, and sweep through the green water.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
7  The same zeal catches all at once; rushing and tearing they quit the shore; the sea is hidden under their fleets; strongly they toss up the foam and sweep the blue water.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FOURTH
8  Now the wave holds me, and the winds toss me on the shore.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SIXTH
9  They advance and fill the trenches with heaps of earth; some toss glowing brands on the roofs.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK NINTH
10  He shook the sound out of his ears by an angry toss of his head and hurried on, stumbling through the mouldering offal, his heart already bitten by an ache of loathing and bitterness.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
11  Corley swung his head to and fro as if to toss aside an insistent insect, and his brows gathered.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
12  'He is up there,' he replied, with a toss of the head up the hill, and becoming gloomy all of a sudden.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
13  Certain agents I found to have the power to shake and to pluck back that fleshly vestment, even as a wind might toss the curtains of a pavilion.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
14  Then he gave the queer toss of his head.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
15  The stableman and the wheelwright replied in concert, with a toss of the head.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
Example Sentence:
1  The only possible source for replacement is nuclear, and your allies on the left will toss lawsuit after lawsuit to prevent that from happening.
2  He used to toss the newspaper after reading it.
3  Let's not argue the toss we have to accept his choice.
4  Remove from the heat, add the parsley, toss and serve at once.
5  A storm - tossed ship was painted on the backdrop for the first act of the modern drama named Pirate.
6  He tossed the ball to Anna.
7  I tossed the book aside and got up.
8  He tossed irrelevancies into our serious discussion.
9  He tossed off several papers in half an hour.
10  Berg's frivolous lawsuit was tossed out for lack of standing shortly before the election by a federal district court.
11  The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom, it had to leave the dangerous water quickly.
12  Smokers are some of the most inconsiderate individuals I've ever seen when it comes to tossing out their trash and blowing smoke into my personal space.
13  While the Duchess sang the second verse of the song, she kept tossing the baby violently up and down.
14  All night I have been tossing and turning racking my brains to think what could have possessed the young man to kill himself.