tossed
Example Sentences
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Four plays later, Simpson tossed a short pass to Dean Connors, who ran into the end zone for a nine-yard touchdown and a 13-9 lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
A brief mention of a pizza-spinning girlfriend is tossed off immediately after, replaced by vivid stories about his first summer working at the real-life Flagship, given the pseudonym The Dreadnaught.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
We liked working together, and he saw that we had a similar wavelength, and he just kind of tossed it up, like, ‘Hey, how would you feel about scoring a feature?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
"The bison hooked him with his left horn on his hip and tossed him in the air," Mike Macleod, who recorded the incident, told the Cowboy State Daily, a local paper.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
His right knee was swollen and discolored where he had landed on it after being tossed in the air.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
