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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Now, some Wall Streeters who follow Spirit are tossing around the B word – bankruptcy.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Indeed, they are tossing aside the surveys and imagining ways the dominoes could fall in their favor.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
The new normal has changed what the revelers on floats are tossing to the crowds.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2022
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
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
