Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tossing
IPA transcription: [t'ɔsɪŋ]
Usage examples
  • "Oh, I don't know," cried Miss Greeb, tossing her head and gliding towards the door.
  • "Ah," said Belle, tossing her head, "you won't find me working myself to death over a Bazaar.
  • "Well, you shouldn't have looked," she retorted, tossing her chin; and the red feather in her hat bobbed angrily.
  • "It ought to be painted," said Johnny Dooit, tossing his tools back into the chest, "for that would make it look prettier.
  • I gave a loud, shrill neigh for help; again and again I neighed, pawing the ground impatiently, and tossing my head to get the rein loose.
  • I don't care! I wish they'd all go; they might as well!" she cried, tossing that boot on the floor in intense scorn, while she investigated the state of the other one.
  • They met in the middle of the plank, and Jude, tossing back her missile, seemed to expect her to explain why she had audaciously stopped him by this novel artillery instead of by hailing him.
  • "Take this and wear it for my sake," he added, unloosing a fine gold chain from his watch and tossing it around her neck, "and be punctual at that spot to-night after the last ray of twilight."
  • You were in a part of the country which you did not know, so seeing an orchard all pink and white with apple-blossoms, and a girl tossing a ball in one corner, you went up to her to ask your way.
  • You may feel that it would be futile and unsystematic to go about digging up a forkful here and a shovelful there, tossing the earth at random, in the hope that in due time you will get the place dug up.