Example Sentences

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Since the end of the dictatorship in 1990, mostly moderate governments have tiptoed through the delicate transition to democracy.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2021

By the time readers have tiptoed and reeled in Noemí’s well-heeled shoes, the turn from mannered mystery to twisted horror will seem as inevitable as the nightmare logic of a Grimm fairy tale.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2020

For the most part, the candidates have tiptoed around the chance to launch a negative attack against Mr. Biden.

From Washington Times • May 27, 2019

Inevitably “The Silence”, simply for arriving second, will be perceived to have tiptoed in the footsteps of “A Quiet Place”.

From Economist • May 28, 2018

Had the gentleman we were after been our dearest friend at the crisis of a fever, we could not have tiptoed about his bed with more solicitude lest we disturb sweet slumber.

From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various