Sentences with phrase «stand on tiptoe»

And its artificial muscles are strong enough that Kengoro can stand on tiptoe or do push - ups.

«It's hard to stand on tiptoe for two thousand years,» says William Willimon, and so after a while people settle down.

Evan was imprisoned, brutalized and placed in solitary confinement, where he was forced to stand on tiptoe for nine hours each day.

He described how he was standing on tiptoes, reaching around a wooden frame while holding the gun, and pulled the trigger by mistake.

They started flapping and humming, standing on tiptoes, circling things, obsessing over objects, and bouncing up and down.

Standing on my tiptoes, I shifted my view through the bookshelves to the semi-circle of editors sitting at the front of the bookstore.

He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches his legs does not walk (easily).

«Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among men, and that is just what they did except there were so many of them that there was a fair amount of crowding and jockeying for position, with the result that one particular angel, a girl about nine years old who was smaller than most of them, ended up so far out on the fringes of things that not even by craning her neck and standing on tiptoe could she see what was going on.

By the time Luke's Gospel was written, the church had been waiting for 75 or 80 years for the return of Christ, and that was a long time to be standing on tiptoe.

You may notice your child standing on tiptoe or on one leg to try to explore what he or she is capable of.

By his second birthday, he can kick a ball, stand on tiptoes, carry something in his hands while walking, and jump from a low step to the floor.

Every once in a while, Patsy stands on her tiptoes and comes up for air, her nose serving as a snorkel.

She'll try to stand on her tiptoes and may have jumping in place (with two feet off the ground at the same time) down pat.

Drawn to the Past When Ben walked into the bar, I stood up, navigated my way toward him and gave him a big hug, standing on my tiptoes to reach his neck.

Or why, when she is standing on tiptoe on one leg in an arabesque — bent at the waist, with her other leg extended horizontally behind her — and her partner gives her a twist, she will do a rapid «pencil» turn if she straightens up and pulls her leg in.

Try to stand on your tiptoes and walk for at least 20 seconds.

To perform the toe walking exercise all you must do is stand on your tiptoes and walk forward for 20 seconds.

«Synchronous functioning» of the tendon and calf is crucial for many activities, including standing on tiptoe, running, jumping and climbing stairs (Bhimji 2016).

When McQueen lingers, for minutes on end, on a hanged Northup staying alive by standing on his tiptoes, it's a tremendously powerful image.

Standing on tiptoe, he watches a fanatic of colossal proportions lift up the impure woman and «plant» her in the hole.

When stroked, cats raise their rumps even higher (almost standing on tiptoe) to invite you to sniff their anal glands!

Under the cloth's bottom edge a creamy white foot stands on tiptoe.

We stand on tiptoes to make ourselves as tall as we can.

Not exact matches

Glue your hands on the floor and work on shifting your weight forward over your shoulders and wrists and then coming onto the tiptoes of your standing foot, and then slowly lifting your hips over your shoulders.

By presenting sensitive subject matter in unabashedly bold terms, Im pushes viewers to take a hard stand on issues most people would prefer to tiptoe around.

It crouches lower for easier entry and exit, can stand higher on its tiptoes for extreme off - roading.

You'd stand up on tiptoe, Animal my son, and hunt in the cupboard for food.»

She turned him around to face the mirror, stood behind him on tiptoe.

Confident dogs stand with erect posture, nearly on tiptoe to impress other dogs.

When i open a fresh bag she literally goes nuts for this, i have no problem getting her to eat and am really happy with the ingredients, a new puppy (a miniature australian shepherd that is tiny) belonging to someone else is now in the house and is literally standing up on his tiptoes to get the food out of her bowl and sneaks it off and gobbles it down fast preferring it over his own food.

He'll stand erect, sometimes even on his tiptoes, with his neck and head raised above his shoulders.

Scarlet squares are held aloft on black oblongs, a balletic green triangle stands tiptoe in ultra-white space.