- present participle of toss.
tossing
Example Sentences
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My wife and children will have no trouble tossing all of my memories into a dumpster someday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
"I was sort of standing up a lot and tossing books across the room and being really active. I was like, 'Wow, yeah, I didn't know I had it in me'."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Instead of tossing the sticks in the nearest garbage, they kept them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Alas, “The Whisper Man” is merely a collection of defanged genre tropes and equally familiar character writing, tossing paltry scraps to its supporting cast in Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Tony asked Jay, tossing a ball to him as we reached the path that led to our house.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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