tiptoe
noun
the tip or end of a toe.
were 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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Now they were tiptoeing along the cutline for the conference tournament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025
For the Federals, that meant some players lived on the fringe of the NFL while others were tiptoeing on the fringe of society.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022
At the New Frontiers exhibition, goggled people were tiptoeing gingerly across flat floors like they were on a tight rope, and a woman covered in sensors endlessly circled a blacked out room.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2016
But the candidates seemed as if they were tiptoeing through a minefield.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2015
Gay acted as if she were tiptoeing through a long, dark hallway.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
