tost

American  

[tawst, tost] / tɔst, tɒst /

verb

Literary.

1. a simple past tense and past participle of toss.

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Example Sentences

On life's billow tost, The sport of changeful tide, we're well-nigh lost, And, like a frail boat on a stormy sea, We waver up and down uncertainly.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

The grave Bavarian, midst his half year’s frost, Delights to keep thy ruby fins awake; And as in traffic’s maze his fancy’s tost, Light skims the icy surface of the lake.

From Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion by Meller, Henry James

Mais il me mist tost hors de cuyder, tant me descouurit de son penser.”

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

"Oi deus, oi deus; de l'alba, tan tost ve!"

From Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II by Lee, Vernon

"Est-ce l� d�fense et illustration," he exclaims, "ou -183-plus tost offense et d�nigration?"

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias