Owls are generally very lean and muscular; so much so, in severe winters, that they are often unable to fly straight when the wind blows; and a twenty-knot breeze catches their broad wings and tosses them about helplessly.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
The animal usually lies quietly, but sometimes it groans and tosses its head about in a way that indicates pain.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
He looks inquiringly about, tosses his hat on the table, and goes for the clock.
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma