toss - use in sentences

Object

  • caber: In fact, in the junior heavies, there were more girls prepared to toss the caber than there were boys!
  • coin: I may wind up having to toss a coin to decide.
  • pancake: I wonder how high we can toss this pancake.
  • grenade: Toss a smoke grenade into the fray and smoke slowly begins to billow outwards, until it consumes the entire area.
  • petal: Why settle for throwing ordinary rice when instead you can make the wedding so much more romantic by tossing rose petals?
  • salad: And how does he thank her for the tossed salad, he blasts his load deep into her mouth!

Converse of object

  • win: He won the toss, Gold Bats skipper Bob Miller not at all put out on being invited to bat.
  • lose: So we lost the toss and were inserted first up.

Preposition: into

  • salad: A few lakes, lagoons, gorges and mountain passes are then tossed into this scenic salad for extra garnish.

Modifying Another Word

  • carelessly: Flowers had been pulled from the wreaths and the marker cross carelessly tossed behind some other graves.
  • casually: The barbarian watched him, casually tossing his own dagger from one hand to the other.
  • overboard: Men are tossing overboard rafts, lifebelts, benches, pieces of wood, anything that will float.
  • gently: Add the beans, bacon and tomatoes to the dressing and toss gently.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • aside: Fishing boats came to rest, tossed aside like old shoes.
  • around: You will not be tossed around by every wind of doctrine.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • aside: They are the builders who tossed aside the stone that turned out to be the most important one of all.

Infinitive complement

  • decide: The Play A coin is tossed to decide who throws first.

Preposition: in

  • flour: Wash the filets clean, then toss in the seasoned flour to cover both sides.
  • butter: Baked or boiled beetroot can be sliced and tossed in butter and parsley or dill and served as an accompanying vegetable.

Preposition: of

  • coin: Will you stand by the toss of the coin?

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