toss
verb (used with object)
to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly.
are tossing
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present progressiveof toss.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A hotel chain installs a camera in its trash bins to spy on what guests are tossing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Now, some Wall Streeters who follow Spirit are tossing around the B word – bankruptcy.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Fooled by recycling symbols, Californians mistakenly are tossing this material into curbside collection programs that don't accept it, the commission said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 28, 2021
When you are tossing a pizza you let gravity do the work.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2015
But for the most part, the people of Bakersfield, California, are following the rules of rubbish, meaning that they are tossing their garden waste in the right direction.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
