toss off
Example Sentences
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Once or twice the fictional heroine was tossed off, to land with her face in the fictional dirt.
From Literature
“You all look healthy enough,” she tosses off, an action hero in the making.
From Los Angeles Times
Last year, in a viral clip before a race, Richardson tossed off her orange wig to reveal hidden silver ombre braids.
From Salon
When the music came to a stop, he tossed off his black leather jacket to reveal a business suit underneath and stepped up to the podium, returning to his usual persona as a disheveled academic.
From Seattle Times
At her audition for the School of American Ballet at 15, she kept tossing off fouetté turns despite a burst blister that was bleeding through her toe shoe.
From New York Times
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