tiptoe

Example Sentences

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In the present day, everyone tiptoes around touchy topics, trying to avoid grappling with the problems right in front of them.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was like I was getting ready to go to a big family party and everyone knew that I had just gotten a divorce or someone had died and everyone tiptoed around me.”

From Seattle Times

But ChatGPT begs the question: Should China rush to embrace AI and possibly fall prey to its pitfalls, or tiptoe cautiously and risk falling behind the United States?

From Seattle Times

Their buccaneering batting is made all the more thrilling by the risk of it going spectacularly wrong, like watching a tightrope walker tiptoe between skyscrapers.

From BBC

That is a far cry from the administration’s tiptoeing last year, when American officials took pains to make sure they were not giving Ukraine weaponry that could hit inside Russia, citing escalation fears.

From New York Times