toss
verb (used with object)
to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly.
had been tossing
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past perfect progressiveof toss.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Ovechkin and other Washington Capitals had been tossing the Hurricanes aside all game with crushing hits, so maybe Hamilton just didn’t want to be next.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2019
On this day-long journey, the assistants had been tossing their heels into oversize bags and racing ahead of him in flats.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2018
Women confided that they had been tossing and turning every night, unable to sleep.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2018
Silas exuberantly congratulated his big brother and then, in his excitement, tried to lift the bucket into which we had been tossing big rocks we pulled from the dig site.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016
"Now do stop fussing around," his wife said to him after he had been tossing and turning for about an hour.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
