Tossed

Examples

• Lydgate did not speak, but tossed his head on one side, and twitched the corners of his mouth in despair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• When the mighty luminary approached within a few degrees of the tempest-tossed horizon, suddenly, a wonder! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I tossed the cheque across the table to him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I spurred my horse, who addressed his free limbs to speed, and tossed his gallant head in pride. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Here is the key, and he tossed it over. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Of a sudden, he stopped, took the cork out of his bottle, and tossed it away. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Puzzled by the sudden change in her tone, he mechanically gathered a handful of wood from the basket and tossed it on the fire. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Margaret tossed the note to her father. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The colour rushed over her face and neck, and she tossed her head in silence with an air of ineffable contempt. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Look well upon that gentleman, my learned friend there, pointing to him who had tossed the paper over, and then look well upon the prisoner. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I apprehended it to be a rock, and found myself tossed more than ever. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Something within me, faintly answering to the storm without, tossed up the depths of my memory and made a tumult in them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The remainders, being cut into lengths and split open, were tossed into the pan, which began hissing and crackling over the fire. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Why, yes, sir, said Archer, who usually tossed off half a dozen papers with his morning coffee. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea, where billows of trouble rolled under surges of joy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• At first Tarzan would eat nothing, but rolled and tossed in a wild delirium of fever. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• And Adolph tossed his head, and passed his fingers through his scented hair, with a grace. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Holmes tossed it in among the blazing papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And Mrs. Sedley tossed out of the room, hissing out the word poison once more, and so ending her charitable benediction. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The sergeant tossed off his glass again and seemed quite ready for another glass. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Monsieur Lagnier laughed; and having given it a squeeze, tossed it up and let it go. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Lily tossed aside the note and subsided on her pillows with a sigh. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I am a straw upon the surface of the deep, and am tossed in all directions by the elephants--I beg your pardon; I should have said the elements. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Fresh editions of every paper had been sent up by our news agent, only to be glanced over and tossed down into a corner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He tossed a sheet of paper upon the table, and turned once more to his chemical analysis. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The man to whom he owed the money went with him in a hackney-coach; and to pass the time they tossed who should pay the fare. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I was tossed into the sea near the shore, and, buoyed up by my life-belt, I managed to keep myself afloat till the waves landed me on the beach. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The T'other governor tossed it ashore, twisted in a piece of paper, and as he did so, knew his man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He took out of his pocket a great thick pocket-book, bursting with papers, and tossed it on the table. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• At the same instant I saw him raise his hand and at the signal I tossed my rocket into the room with a cry of Fire! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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