Example Sentences

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In the same spirit, the BBC's Farmwatch project will be dipping into countless farms across the country, on Thursday August 7.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

The 66-year-old dental hygienist planned on spending her retirement years in her Pacific Palisades home, but instead she and her husband will be dipping into their savings to rebuild from the ground up.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

R&B singer R. Kelly will be dipping into his music royalties to pay up.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2023

So you can be certain that I will be dipping in and out of this collection.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

Ha! ha! ha!" ejaculated Robinson, "that's a pot into which Sumpter will be dipping his ladle before long.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton