Tossed can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| toss - agitate; "toss the salad" | ||
| toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" | ||
| toss - throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" | ||
| toss - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" | ||
| toss - lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" | ||
| toss - throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decidewhether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett. | |
| 2. | verb | Iran is suspected by many nations of working towards the development of nuclear weapons, but even this justification has been tossed into a cocked hat. | |
| 3. | verb | He tossed and turned all night. | |
| 4. | verb | It is tossed by the waves, but does not sink. | |
| 5. | verb | He tossed the ball towards the wall. | |
| 6. | verb | I tossed and turned in bed all night. | |
| 7. | verb | She tossed me grapes and I tried to catch them with my mouth. | |
| 8. | verb | I still have these little groupings of scabs from when the school bully tossed live leeches at me. | |
| 9. | verb | I tossed my dog onto my bed. | |
| 10. | verb | Tom tossed another log on the fire. | |
| 11. | verb | Tom tossed and turned all night. | |
| 12. | verb | Last night I tossed my cookies. | |
| 13. | verb | A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. | |
| 14. | verb | Tom tossed the keys to Mary. | |
| 15. | verb | Tom tossed the empty cup in the trash. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decidewhether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett. |
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| Iran is suspected by many nations of working towards the development of nuclear weapons, but even this justification has been tossed into a cocked hat. |
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| He tossed and turned all night. | |
| It is tossed by the waves, but does not sink. | |
| He tossed the ball towards the wall. | |
| I tossed and turned in bed all night. | |
| She tossed me grapes and I tried to catch them with my mouth. | |
| I still have these little groupings of scabs from when the school bully tossed live leeches at me. | |
| I tossed my dog onto my bed. | |
| Tom tossed another log on the fire. | |
| Tom tossed and turned all night. | |
| Last night I tossed my cookies. | |
| A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. | |
| Tom tossed the keys to Mary. | |
| Tom tossed the empty cup in the trash. | |