Tipped

Examples

• Anselmo tipped it up and swallowed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Leisurely tipped back on one chair, with his heels in another, he was enjoying his after-dinner cigar. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Then he gave a short laugh, and drew out a gold cigarette-case, in which, with plump jewelled fingers, he groped for a gold-tipped cigarette. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He stood with the umbrella until we were in and I had tipped him. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The carboy tipped over, the acid ran out, went through to the manager's room below, and ate up his desk and all the carpet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Holmes stretched out his hand at the same moment, and between them they tipped the box over the edge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• There was a big empty twowheeled cart, the shafts tipped high up in the rain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He tipped it and poured a copper pan full. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Hold up your dress and put your hat on straight, it looks sentimental tipped that way and will fly off at the first puff. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I tipped him several more, and he was in great spirits. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Burns, lamenting that his share uptears the bed of the wee modest crimson-tipped flower and sorrowing that he has turned the Mousie from its bit o' leaves and stibble by the cruel coulter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The luggage was stowed, the porter was tipped. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Less bad, Robert Jordan tipped up the wineskin again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The burning material is ordinarily set on fire by matches, thin strips of wood tipped with sulphur or phosphorus, or both. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He tipped the contents of the cup into his own and handed it back empty to the girl, who poured carefully into it from the bottle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• You will find a small brougham waiting close to the curb, driven by a fellow with a heavy black cloak tipped at the collar with red. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Away in the west shone the silver round of the moon, and below her were gigantic black clouds, the edges of which were tipped with light. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The armature and the carbon-tipped poles of the electromagnet form part of the local circuit; and if the relay is actuated by a weak current the armature will be attracted but feebly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A small movable bridge, formed of wire, and having the ends tipped with gold or platinum, rests upon the stage, and is shifted from side to side by the pendulum. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I paid him when it was over and tipped him half a lira. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• His father sagaciously tipped Blackball, his master, a sovereign, and secured that young gentleman's good-will towards his fag. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Congreve matches were composed of an emulsion of phosphorus mixed with chlorate of potass, into which the matches, previously tipped with sulphur, were dipped. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

Edited by Elsie