How do you use Tossup in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like luck or fortune, plus the exact meaning.
Tossup meaning
Alternative form of toss-up.
Using Tossup
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of toss-up.
- Useful related words include: toss-up, even chance, luck, fortune.
- In the example corpus, tossup often appears in combinations such as: of tossup.
Context around Tossup
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tossup
- In this selection, "tossup" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, incorrectly stand out and add context to how "tossup" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include answering a tossup incorrectly is and are a tossup. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tossup" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tossup
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nine of those races, where Republicans are in office, are so competitive some analysts say they are a tossup. (19 words)
Today, although the county is very Democratic at the national level, at the state and local level, it is more of a tossup. (23 words)
Like watching a movie with as the star, it's a tossup as to how I will feel when seeing a spider in my house. (25 words)
If a random person was in your home, are you absolutely sure you could physically overpower them and kick them out, or would it be more of a tossup and you might make the situation worse, so you'd wait for an opening or for somebody else to show up, etc.? (51 words)
Tugwell, 90 (After Cleveland's victory, Cleveland supporters would respond to the taunt with: "Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha.") However, the Cleveland campaign's damage control worked well enough and the race remained a tossup through Election Day. (41 words)
Graham’s victory is a major relief for Senate Republicans, who were aghast at recent polls suggesting Harrison had made South Carolina a tossup after Trump won the state by nearly 15 points in 2016. (35 words)
If a random person was in your home, are you absolutely sure you could physically overpower them and kick them out, or would it be more of a tossup and you might make the situation worse, so you'd wait for an opening or for somebody else to show up, etc.? (51 words)
Example sentences (8)
From being a tossup state in 2016, to a ‘lean R’ state in 2020, and now a GOP stronghold,” Eric Daugherty of Florida’s Voice observed.
Like watching a movie with as the star, it's a tossup as to how I will feel when seeing a spider in my house.
Graham’s victory is a major relief for Senate Republicans, who were aghast at recent polls suggesting Harrison had made South Carolina a tossup after Trump won the state by nearly 15 points in 2016.
If a random person was in your home, are you absolutely sure you could physically overpower them and kick them out, or would it be more of a tossup and you might make the situation worse, so you'd wait for an opening or for somebody else to show up, etc.?
Nine of those races, where Republicans are in office, are so competitive some analysts say they are a tossup.
Answering a tossup incorrectly is called "negging", and may incur a 5-point penalty for a team. citation After a neg occurs, the moderator continues reading the rest of the question for the other team.
Today, although the county is very Democratic at the national level, at the state and local level, it is more of a tossup.
Tugwell, 90 (After Cleveland's victory, Cleveland supporters would respond to the taunt with: "Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha.") However, the Cleveland campaign's damage control worked well enough and the race remained a tossup through Election Day.
Common combinations with tossup
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of tossup 2×