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

In a blink, the girls were tiptoeing quickly and quietly down the hallway.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene