tiptoe
noun
the tip or end of a toe.
was tiptoeing
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past progressiveof tiptoe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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And so looking back, you can see how I was tiptoeing around and it took a little moment before they really let me just let what my instincts were telling me to do, fly.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
All week, it seemed like everyone, particularly in Westwood, was tiptoeing around looking toward these rivals’ future together, erasing their debts and battling new conference brethren from Lincoln, Neb., to Piscataway, N.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
“He was living in this world where everybody was tiptoeing around him,” Browder said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
“This roughly one-ounce tiny tot was tiptoeing by killer cauldrons in late July just to nosh on a seemingly dead flower.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2020
Nevertheless, Claudia was tiptoeing into the grown-up world.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
