Which preposition to use with toss

about Occurrences 135%

" Then, having at first feigned to be asleep and not to have heard her, I heaved a deep sigh, and, my face, at one time flushing, at another turning pale, I tossed about on the couch, seeking what answer I should make, though, indeed, in my agitation, my tongue could hardly shape a perfect sentence.

of Occurrences 122%

" She was working out of and then back into the freshly white gloves in a betraying kind of nervousness that belied the toss of her voice.

in Occurrences 91%

As he was busy throwing sheep to the washers, a young fellow from the neighboring village happened that way, and becoming somewhat interested in the process, was seduced by Tom G, inside of the yard, to try his hand at catching and tossing in sheep.

on Occurrences 69%

Nearer, we see detached plumes and leaves, now speeding by on level currents, now whirling in eddies, or, escaping over the edges of the whirls, soaring aloft on grand, upswelling domes of air, or tossing on flame-like crests.

to Occurrences 63%

The washers take their places in the water, where it is three or four feet deep, and the sheep are caught by others, and tossed to them, where they undergo ablution (an operation by the way, that they do not seem altogether to enjoy), to wash the dirt and gum from their fleeces.

into Occurrences 53%

The great soul is tossed into the midst of the strife, the longing, and the aspirations of the world.

from Occurrences 31%

He always rode bareheaded, and the brown hair, which he wore a little longer than other men's, was tossed from its masculine primness to certain hyacinthine lines which were becoming.

over Occurrences 24%

The first room they asked to look at was Father Holt's room, where they opened the drawers and cupboards, and tossed over the papers and clothes, but found nothing except his books and clothes, and the vestments in a box by themselves, with which the dragoons made merry, to Harry Esmond's horror.

for Occurrences 15%

"The fans have to trust to luck as to the number of games they will see in a world's series, this depending upon the number of games played and possibly upon the toss for a seventh battle.

with Occurrences 11%

"Through all Tuesday I lay tossing with pain.

like Occurrences 9%

The sands were torn and tossed like spray Before the whirlwind of the fray, That waged in fury till the sun Sank, and the day's last loops were spun Then terrible was Goll ...

out Occurrences 7%

"'Those fools,' said he, 'hunt like street dogs at the sound of rubbish tossed out of a window.

at Occurrences 7%

Whenever the trees are crying aloud, And ships are tossed at sea, By, on the highway, low and loud, By, at the gallop goes he.

above Occurrences 5%

" Brown indicated the cloud of spray that tossed above the advancing lines of foam.

towards Occurrences 5%

After examining the different articles, with pleasure, for a minute or two, she went, with a quick impetuous movement, to the basket, tumbled all its contents on the table, until she reached the scarf, which she tossed towards the major, saying, with a faint laugh "There, unbelieverheathenis that nothing?

as Occurrences 4%

So Gefroi the wrestler fell, and lay with hairy arms wide-tossed as one that is dead, and for a space no man spake for the wonder of it.

through Occurrences 3%

Or else, to feverish vanity alive, Wilder'd and tossing through distemper'd dreams?

between Occurrences 3%

" "Dost thou mean that we have cause to fear more than delay?" "Signore, the mariner's life is one of unequal chances: now he floats in a lazy calm, and presently he is tossed between heaven and earth, in a way to make the stoutest heart sick.

beneath Occurrences 2%

'I confess,' he wrote in a private letter of the same date, 'I did not before know how thin is the crust of order which covers the anarchical elements that boil and toss beneath our feet.' 'When he entered the Government House he took a two-pound stone with him which he had picked up in his carriage, as evidence of the most unusual and sorrowful treatment Her Majesty's representative had received.

within Occurrences 2%

O maybe help the mussel grow, Or tint the shell-imprisoned pearl A mute companion of the waves That toss within their moonlit graves Is it a king, or but a girl?

against Occurrences 2%

The tops of the waves tossed against leaden cloud and he could hardly see the rocks for which he steered.

amid Occurrences 2%

Toss amid the briny foam; Till the proud wave, with one stern sweep, Buries the secrets of the deep; Revealing far, on upper land, A lawless bandits' wand'ring band, With sword and rapier, stain'd with blood, Still thirsting for the crimson flood; They show no mercy on their kind, But kill or plunder all they find.

among Occurrences 2%

He could see it almost tossing among the far-off hills.

without Occurrences 1%

Her rivals were not the public women of the great ports, nor the tourists who could give only a few days of love, like an alms which they tossed without stopping their progress.

before Occurrences 1%

The sun came out bright and hot as we paced along the line of spray, our horses' feet sinking above the fetlocks in pink and purple shells, while the droll sea-crabs scampered away from our path, and the blue gelatinous sea-nettles were tossed before us by the surge.

Which preposition to use with  toss