How to Use tiller in a Sentence

tiller

noun

• The impacts struck about two feet from the smuggler at the tiller.
  — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
• Think of it as a tiller the Fed uses to help steer the economy.
  — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• Like most small outboards, this is a tiller-style motor.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• O’Donoghue steers us toward reckonings large and small, her hand steady on the tiller.
  — Hamilton Cain, New York Times, 27 June 2023
• The director, Ciarán O’Reilly, keeps a smooth hand on the tiller, guiding the cast through the show’s roller coaster of tonal shifts.
  — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
• Loosen the soil to at least four inches deep; rent a small tiller at the garden center to save your back and your patience!
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 June 2021
• So my job was to keep the tiller heading towards the true north of redemption and revenge.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
• The steering transmits a fair amount of feedback through the wheel, but its tiller could stand to be a touch quicker and more direct.
  — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2021
• Gaughan has had his hand on the tiller of Cook County history.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• That has contrasted with Mr. Sunak’s campaign, which has cast him as a steady hand on the economic tiller.
  — Max Colchester, WSJ, 13 July 2022
• Every time a tiller cuts through soil the structure is weakened, which can cause compaction and increase runoff.
  — oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
• The luff along the edges, the abundance of wind along the reach of the river, the arch and tip of the boat in relation to the air and the water; a boy, one hand on his tiller, the other on the rope, ducking down but not far enough.
  — David Means, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
• Light of tiller and strong of keel, yar and spry in good weather or bad, this little runabout spent the week putting a stupidly satisfied smile on this sailor’s face.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 19 May 2022
• And unwinding rusty chicken wire from your ‘tiller’s tines is a good way to ruin an otherwise nice day in the garden.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2020
• Weed seeds, some of which can remain dormant in the soil for several years, come to the surface under the blades of a tiller, then germinate and become a problem.
  — oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
• Decor items include historic artifacts like the oars and tiller from a dory used in shipwreck rescues and various lanterns on loan from the Coast Guard.
  — Arielle Dollinger, House Beautiful, 3 June 2021
• Anglers powering a small skiff, jon boat, flat transom canoe or kayak need a transom mount trolling motor with a tiller drive.
  — Ric Burnley, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2023
• Twirling the steering wheel doesn't engage the senses much, but the tiller's progressive weighting strikes a nice balance between relaxed and responsive.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 11 June 2021
• And, as Stevens, the gas tiller borrower, pointed out, another advantage to borrowing tools is not having to store them.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2022
• Keep in mind that this powerful tiller weighs 163 pounds and will require more strength to transport and control than smaller tillers, so make sure your physical ability is a match to this size of tiller.
  — Rachel Dube, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2023
• Whether the hands on America’s economic tiller are capable of guiding us to a fair future remains in question.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• The tiller is also capable of quickly weeding out diseased sections of your lawn or garden without damaging other portions of the land.
  — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
• Placing the tiller of democracy directly in the hands of voters seemed, at the time, to be a good idea—even a necessary one—and so reformers gave voters the power to recall their governor and to enact laws via ballot initiative.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2021
• And, thanks to Jones’s steady hand on the tiller, in recent years the company has rarely dipped below 80 percent production capacity, making the addition of another global sales channel more of a headache than a no-brainer.
  — Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2021
• Immediately obvious is the nearly octagonal steering wheel that takes on a shape somewhere between a standard round wheel and Tesla's yoke-like tiller.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023
• Sonoma County deputies shot and killed a shoeless 36-year-old man who led officers on a wild chase through rural wine country before threatening them with a claw hammer, tiller and rocks, authorities said in a statement released late Monday.
  — Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022
• This will be Vernatter’s first season at the tiller following the departure of longtime general and artistic director Esther Nelson, and the company caught a rising star for its first post-pandemic show.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
• Kazakhstan needs political stability and a stable hand on the tiller of economic policy to develop its massive energy reserves further and provide more food to the global markets.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• The impacts struck about two feet from the smuggler at the tiller.
  — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
• Think of it as a tiller the Fed uses to help steer the economy.
  — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024