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

“He was living in this world where everybody was tiptoeing around him,” Browder said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Before the Omicron surge, the family was tiptoeing back toward normal life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 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

He was tiptoeing up to what I didn’t dare do—disagree with Nan.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry