Example Sentences

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The outcome was one that the Canadians had tiptoed toward predicting.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2022

Earlier this summer, a few productions had tiptoed back onto the stage, namely “Springsteen on Broadway” and “Pass Over.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2021

And I had tiptoed around the pain he caused me.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 10, 2014

Ms. Hahn, who had tiptoed toward spontaneity in her work with singer-songwriters like Tom Brosseau and Josh Ritter, takes the full plunge here, with gratifying results.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2012

Every day Lancelot went to bis turret at sunset—she had tiptoed away when she first found him there, and he did not know it was a discovered rendezvous.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White