toss
verb (used with object)
to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly.
have tossed
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present perfectof toss.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Recently she considered tropes associated with the Pinot Noir grape, described with surprising frequency as “sensitive” and “feminine”—words many wine writers have tossed around with impunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Something, Brown said, must have tossed Kawahara off his boat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
The primary election for seven Seattle City Council seats is coming on Aug. 1, and 45 citizens have tossed their proverbial hats into one or another of those seven rings.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
California recently went even further, passing a law mandating that some businesses donate edible food they otherwise would have tossed out.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
So far as we know, Al Ulbrickson said nothing—neither publicly nor to those closest to him—but he must have tossed and turned in his bunk that night.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
