tiptoes

present tense third-person singular of tiptoe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiptoes
Verb
  • Adding the killer’s voice just pads an already too-long book.
    Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Not to say there aren’t some clunkers, most notably a jokey take-me-out-to-the-ballgame baseball number that pads the second act, but the Flaherty-Ahrens score was and is Ragtime‘s signature achievement.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As Congress inches closer to a possible government shutdown, many federal services North Carolinians depend on might be disrupted.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Williams edged the Bills’ Josh Allen and Ravens’ Lamar Jackson for the honor, while Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa inches up one spot to 18th overall.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • McReynolds runs for 200-plus yards and two scores, and ULM edges the Chanticleers.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But his behavior during his interrogation with Taverner edges too far into the absurdly inept.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Anne slinks off with her husband.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Route 128 slinks through the folds of Anderson Valley like a slow river, past vineyards clinging to hillsides and orchards heavy with apple blossoms come spring.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When a storm crawls like this, rainfall piles up over the same towns for days.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Everything except Eidra, who asks him not to leave and crawls into his arms.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Tiptoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiptoes. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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