Tiptoe

//ˈtɪpˌtoʊ//

"Tiptoe" in a Sentence (18 examples)

Kate tries to walk on tiptoe.

I went up to my bedroom on tiptoe.

He walked on tiptoe so that nobody would hear him.

He walked on tiptoe lest he be heard.

You don't have to tiptoe around me.

Ambition rarely moves normally. Either it comes on tiptoe or it crawls on all fours.

Tiptoe through so you don't wake up anybody.

Thereupon the little mermaid, lifting her beautiful white arms and raising herself on tiptoe, glided on the floor with a grace which none of the other dancers had yet attained.

The ellipsis are the tiptoe marks of the words gone.

I tiptoe to the kitchen to get a glass of water, careful not to wake my sleeping family members.

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Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.

And ever as they talked Beregond was more amazed, and looked with greater wonder at the hobbit, swinging his short legs as he sat on the seat, or standing tiptoe upon it to peer over the sill at the lands below.

with tiptoe step

And stole along on tiptoe tread

We went tip-toeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow's garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads.

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.

Tiptoe through the window By the window, that is where I'll be Come tiptoe through the tulips with me Tiptoe from your pillow To the shadow of the willow tree And tiptoe through the tulips with me.

Who can it be knocking at my door? Make no sound, tiptoe across the floor If he hears, he'll knock all day I'll be trapped and here I'll have to stay

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