dip into

Example Sentences

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—U.S. stock futures mostly edged higher after dipping into the red earlier in the European morning.

From The Wall Street Journal

Joseph Stiglitz, who jointly won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2001, reportedly said that the U.S. could dip into a period of stagflation, as it did during the oil price shocks in the 1970s.

From Barron's

I dipped into the shadows or crossed the street if I saw a loiterer on the sidewalk or partiers rolling out of a building.

From Literature

Last April, some credit cards provided to contractors by the Mirage were frozen as the project costs continued to go over budget, but some dipped into their own pockets to help finish the project.

From The Wall Street Journal

These patchwork visions have a restrained, contemplative air that carefully weighs the seriousness of their themes without ever dipping into melodrama or titillation.

From The Wall Street Journal