How to Use the tip of the iceberg in a Sentence

the tip of the iceberg

noun phrase
  • This is just the tip of the iceberg.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But that is just the tip of the iceberg.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
  • All this is just the tip of the iceberg.
    Larry David, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And that was just the tip of the iceberg.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
  • That’s just the tip of the iceberg.
    Tharin Pillay, Time, 28 Dec. 2025
  • And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
    K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 16 June 2026
  • And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
    Charlotte Triggs, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
  • But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
    Kendra Davenport, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
  • And those names are just the tip of the iceberg.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But that summit was just the tip of the iceberg.
    Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
  • That was only the tip of the iceberg.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Those three pairs are just the tip of the iceberg in a sea of straight-leg styles.
    Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Antivirus is just the tip of the iceberg, though.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 May 2026
  • That’s just the tip of the iceberg as far as new music this week.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Because that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 2 Oct. 2025
  • If this was the tip of the iceberg, what does the rest of the iceberg look like?
    Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
  • Many fear this photo release is just the tip of the iceberg.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The point here is that Sora is just the tip of the iceberg.
    Sunny Dhillon, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
  • But eggs are just the tip of the iceberg when raising chickens.
    Sal Gilbertie, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The birthday dinner is just the tip of the iceberg.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Recent events are only the tip of the iceberg.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But that’s just the tip of the iceberg, or the top of the waterfall.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But public auctions such as this one could be just the tip of the iceberg.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • These policies are a start, but e-bikes are only the tip of the iceberg.
    Jon M. Williams, New York Daily News, 26 May 2024
  • Was this encounter just the tip of the iceberg for what’s to come between them?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2023
  • The dozens of songs in the show are only the tip of the iceberg for Guthrie fans.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2024
  • That’s just the tip of the iceberg, however.
    Shekhar Iyer, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • For de Leon, the Tuscaloosa cases are the tip of the iceberg.
    Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 4 June 2023
  • Detectives say the four victims could just be the tip of the iceberg.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024

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