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.
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.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of TOSS
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toss
v. lightly throw to see which side comes up
n. the act of flipping a coin
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.
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.
3 Mrs. Dillon and Willis Woodford lost the toss.
4 She would toss her head and ask me to feel the muscles swell in her brown arm.
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.
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.
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.
8 Now the wave holds me, and the winds toss me on the shore.
9 They advance and fill the trenches with heaps of earth; some toss glowing brands on the roofs.
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.
11 Corley swung his head to and fro as if to toss aside an insistent insect, and his brows gathered.
12 'He is up there,' he replied, with a toss of the head up the hill, and becoming gloomy all of a sudden.
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
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
14 Then he gave the queer toss of his head.
15 The stableman and the wheelwright replied in concert, with a toss of the head.
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.