How to use tiptoe in a sentence
22 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb
Tiptoe means the tip of the toe. Example: “As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.”
Examples of tiptoe by meaning
verbTo walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.
- We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
More sentences with tiptoe
- As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.From the entry pound
- We crept out on tiptoe so as not to awake the children.From the entry on tiptoe
- She stood on her tiptoes to appear taller.From the entry tiptoes
- The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 22. From the entry snapper
- She had delayed motor milestones and presented with walking on tiptoe, hypotonia, and ithylordosis.2019, Peng, X & Qu, Y & Song, F & Sun, X & Ge, X & Jiao, H, “Clinical manifestations and genetics analysis of collagen type Ⅵ-related…. From the entry ithylordosis
- I tiptoed over to Trent's nightstand and took his phone into the bathroom.2016, Tamia Gore-Felton, Bangles and Broken Hearts 3: Return of the Bangles, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 97. From the entry screensaver
- Howard tiptoed across the room with the bottle of drain-cleaner clutched tightly in his right hand.1993, Stephen King, “The Moving Finger”, in Nightmares and Dreamscapes, London: BCA, →OCLC, page 212. From the entry drain-cleaner
- Why should we all go around on tiptoe forever pretending the kid's not a hophead?1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest, Knopf. From the entry hophead
- With these words the ancient nigromant stood upon tiptoe and did as he had explained.1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter 8, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in…. From the entry nigromant
- We tiptoed backstage in search of our second grader and found Mrs.1946 December 2, Celestine Sibley, “Relentless Approach Of Christmas Things”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LXXIX, number 170…. From the entry unschoolmarmish
- I tiptoed into the kitchen, turned on the fluorescent light over the stove, and peered into the oven.2010, Ross Macdonald, The Ferguson Affair. From the entry pyrex
- Finally, after much pressing, she said, "I tiptoe into the room quietly saying 'Good skunkie, good skunkie, don't spray me.'"1994, Forest Farmer, volume 53, Forest Farmer Association, page 21. From the entry skunkie
- The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 24. From the entry flapping
- In my jockey shorts I quickly tiptoed on bare feet down the still corridor to embrace my beaming rosy-cheeked bedfellow before the elevator arrived.2011, Howard S. Rowland, Robinson Crusoe in Suburbia, page 64. From the entry jockey shorts
- She was sure she had never lived through days in which she, Anne Couper Fraser, forced those nearby to tiptoe around her nettlesome personality.1995, Eugenia Price, Beauty from Ashes, →ISBN, page 146. From the entry nettlesome
- There is in his Journals a morning light, a spontaneity, a wonder-glow as of an observer tiptoe on the horizon of Eden.1973, Robert Welch, American Opinion, volume 16, page 25. From the entry wonderglow
- I tiptoed toward the first bed, my fingers tightening about the knifehandle, I dove its blade forward, straight for Wann’s fat throat.1968, Gray, Rod, Kiss My Assassin, Tower Publications, page 117. From the entry knifehandle
- I stood on tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reached into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry on tiptoe
- There were certain cages you felt you had to pass on tiptoe, noting some aged Fellow whispering endearments into a snow-leopardess’s furry ear.1957 November 19, Peter Simple [pseudonym; Michael Wharton], “[Way of the World] End of the Affair”, in The Daily Telegraph and Morning…. From the entry furry
- She goes about on tiptoe; she’s always watching me and pretending she’s not watching me; I believe she would like to have everything padded with feather beds.1923, Warwick Deeping, “John Stretton”, in The Secret Sanctuary (The Scherz Phoenix Books), Berne: Alfred Scherz Publishers, published…. From the entry mater
- Tiptoeing with solemn face, with some flowers and a vase, in they walked in and then said, "Ahhh," when they saw the toys and candy and the dollhouse from Papa.1939, Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline, pages 35-36. From the entry vase
Meaning of tiptoe
- noun The tip of the toe.
- adjective Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
- adjective Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
Questions about tiptoe in a sentence
- How do you use tiptoe in a sentence?
- Tiptoe is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.”
- What is a short sentence with tiptoe?
- “She stood on her tiptoes to appear taller.”
- What does tiptoe mean?
- Tiptoe means the tip of the toe.
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