How to Use tippy in a Sentence

tippy

adjective

• A tall seat hump and a taller foot hump make for a tippy ride.
  — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 28 July 2017
• The Cook Islands poke out the sea like the tippy tops of a mountain.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 May 2021
• An egg balanced on a broom on top of a flea’s tippy top hair!
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2014
• Like many in the Oral-B range, the charging base can be a little bit tippy.
  — Samson McDougall, Health, 29 Mar. 2023
• We’re way past the low-hanging fruit, trying to build the tools and systems that will get us to the tippy-top of the tree.
  — Ryan Bradley, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2017
• Challenge cards up the ante, like having to play on tippy-toed feet.
  — Ann Lien, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2019
• The average plant leaf grows from the plant’s apexes, or the tippy-tops of its stem and branches.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
• There’s a lot of competition and not many open slots at the tippy-top of the food chain Walsh has been traversing.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 29 Aug. 2019
• That has since changed, of course, and some women put a trip to their colorist at the tippy-top of their post-lockdown To-Do lists.
  — Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2022
• The drive off the bat of first baseman Ryan Mountcastle struck 13 feet high, onto the tippy top of the green padding.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2022
• The tippy tops of those structures have been spotted from above the construction wall for some time.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• Also, pro tip: hang your curtains at the tippy-top of your walls to make the ceilings seem higher.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Apr. 2022
• Casting and reeling in a fish from a canoe can take some practice as well, since the boats tend to be tippy.
  — Outside Online, 17 June 2020
• Come up to your tippy toes and squeeze your butt at full extension to complete one rep.
  — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 15 Jan. 2016
• Simon Spurr stood on his tippy toes to fetch a shoe box from a wardrobe in his West Village apartment.
  — Joshua David Stein, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2017
• Tilting the pelvis backward and standing on tippy toes to create a thigh gap.
  — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 27 Sep. 2017
• In the fifth inning, Davis required getting on his tippy toes to snare a throw from Bregman.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2018
• The tippy-top of great players elevate those around them, and Luka’s been able to do that here in this series for the Mavs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
• The retiree on the park bench with the bag of stale crumbs is a sure bet; following around a child with a tippy ice cream cone is more of a high-stakes gamble.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2014
• One often sees whole fields of golden flowers in the springtime, the tippy tops of wild mustard.
  — David Tanis, New York Times, 25 May 2017
• But the hotel’s gym, at the tippy-top of the 36th floor, gives enough height to see a cross-section of the city with glimpses of Central Park and even the Hudson River in the distance.
  — Maria Teresa Hart, USA TODAY, 10 May 2017
• Stock household supplies such as paper goods at the tippy top, along with tempting junk food (out of sight, out of mind, right?).
  — Jen Jones, Redbook, 22 Mar. 2017
• The first was an 11-yarder to Durham Smythe, who did his best ballerina impersonation to make the catch on his tippy toes to keep both feet in bounds and move the chains.
  — Laken Litman, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
• At the tippy top of the market is a $13 million glass and stone estate that appears to be the most expensive home in Boulder County.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2023
• My first thought, This guy definitely has short Achilles tendons and walks on his tippy toes, better swipe left.
  — The Cut, 13 Aug. 2017
• The layout also creates a low center of gravity, which keeps the ID4 from feeling tippy in fast turns and promotes good handling.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2021
• Plus, its unique design is incredibly easy to get in and out of, saving you the hassle of jumping off the side of your pool, trying to land right-side-up on a tippy inflatable.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Forbes, 3 June 2021
• Yet even with the economy standing on tippy toes, prices and wages are climbing a lot more slowly than anyone has expected.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 11 June 2018
• The tippy top is even in view from the 750-square-foot terrace, which is filled with plants and cushy seating — plus a sauna and Scandinavian-style cold plunge bath to briefly transport yourself a few thousand miles north.
  — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2022
• While crazy capable, the E 63 S admittedly felt a bit tippy in the corners, no doubt the by-product of the vehicle’s more upright nature.
  — Marco Della Cava, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024