How to Use tip over in a Sentence

tip over

phrasal verb

• At the shot, the 9-pointer ran 50 yards and tipped over.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
• The screws can loosen or fall out, causing the whole chair to tip over even if the child is strapped in.
  — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 16 June 2025
• High chairs should have a wide base that can’t be tipped over or knocked around.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 15 Sep. 2023
• The fire was caused by a camp stove that tipped over and was burning north toward the park.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• The crush and chaos caused the bucket to tip over, spilling the boiling liquid on her body.
  — Maggie Levantovskaya, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2023
• There were thousands of tips over the years, police said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 26 July 2023
• One of the spacecraft’s legs snagged the surface and the whole thing tipped over, landing on its side.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024
• Squeeze your glutes and abs to keep yourself from tipping over off the bench.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
• Here’s a legal tip over the net: Subscribers can take a peek at the answer key.
  — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
• The truck tipped over on the Perimeter near Northside Drive around 6:10 p.m., according to the ...
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 14 Sep. 2023
• At the critical moment, Rick just about musters the vengeance to tip over his desk chair.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025
• But just when Mikey Day, playing Jesus, tipped over a table, the scene paused and the cast froze.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2025
• The sturdy round base keeps the lamp from wobbling or tipping over.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2024
• Suddenly the motor fell off the boat, which tipped over.
  — Tommie Trevino, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
• But Take Note The lightweight chairs tended to tip over, posing a risk of falls.
  — Samantha McIntyre, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
• When the truck tipped over, the workers were carried away by the surging water.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• Many of the tombstones in the historic cemetery bear dates from the 1800s, but now many are broken, tipped over and trashed.
  — Josh Lederman, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
• The carrier is wider than the carry-on, so my dog tipped over, and the whole thing toppled down.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 11 Apr. 2025
• Descent felt like the plane was going to tip over because of the steep angle.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
• And once that first stage gate is tipped over, things can happen very quickly.
  — Jeff Nelson, People.com, 30 June 2025
• An issue during the landing caused the spacecraft to tip over and land on its side.
  — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025
• Its lander, Athena was off target by about 800 feet, touched down in a crater, then tipped over.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
• The mop also had a hard time standing up on its own and tipped over easily thanks to the head shape.
  — Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
• The first, a year ago, resulted in the lander breaking a leg and tipping over.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
• Early on December 25, the booster tipped over on the drone ship due to high winds and waves, SpaceX said.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
• Sarvis watched electric cars explode and garbage bins tip over, fill with flames, and blow down the streets like missiles.
  — Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
• Fill the base with white sand and a handful of small ornaments for interest at the base (the sand will also keep the display from tipping over).
  — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
• One garden light was tipped over.
  — Clara Migoya, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
• In that instance, however, the cat-eye polish is usually painted as a French tip over a neutral gel base.
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 3 Feb. 2026
• Both landed intact but both also tipped over in the uneven lunar footing.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Jan. 2026