Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiptoeing
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This direction—padding the ensemble with social-media-friendly faces—represents more of a nudge toward the future than a massive overhaul.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Mahomes is also padding his long list of sponsors, partnering with Airbnb and Hublot and agreeing to autograph Panini trading cards for the first time in five years.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Not even creeping death could quash the rock star within.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Starring Dakota Johnson as an aspiring dancer who unwittingly finds herself surrounded by witches at an elite Berlin dance school, Guadagnino’s take is less Italian giallo and more an exercise in slowly creeping dread.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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The report helped to lift Tesla (TSLA) shares about 2% in early trading Thursday, inching near its record high reached in December.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Here is where Orwell became radicalized by empathy, inching one step closer to being a sharp chronicler of misery, humanity, and his era.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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For a child who’s crawling or walking, a mat with pop-up walls or fencing can keep your little one safe and contained.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Waking up an hour earlier than expected and being hosed with mountain runoff water while crawling in the pool tested my resilience and determination.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Pressure short of war Nonetheless, expectations of a military clash are edging upward.—
Robert Muggah,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Senate on Tuesday, as expected, failed to approve a GOP stopgap to keep the government funded or a Democratic alternative, edging the government closer to a midnight shutdown.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So here’s to sneaking it around the thought prison bars.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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Instead of her being forced to leave it there (and Alex eventually stumbling across it), Sophi could have taken the box — thereby either denying Alex ever getting his idol, or perhaps even then later sneaking off and using the key to get the idol herself.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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The more often people talk about ghosting, the more people seem to ghost.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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With the same playfulness of her makeup, Woods slicked the body of her hair in a bun on top of her head; her caramel-colored curled ends slinking around.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Now summer is slinking off and autumn is rushing in, cool and a little wistful.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Tiptoeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiptoeing. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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