Sentences with phrase «tiptoed along»

My few swim lessons had given me just enough confidence to tiptoe along the perimeter of the pool, but still left me to fend for myself once I entered.

That intentional uncertainty drives much of the suspense and movie - going pleasure of Jeff Nichols's fourth film, a road movie, a father - son drama, and an entertainment that tiptoes along the edge of apocalypse.

The Japanese auto maker is tiptoeing along in the electrification movement with its upcoming plug - in Prius hybrid but remains among the more cautious auto makers when it comes to lithium - ion battery technology and the outlook for EVs.

Given the truly awful state of the roads, I've had to tiptoe along or risk ripping off bodywork or dinging a wheel as the car drops into frost heaves and potholes.

The engine lacks the low - end grunt of the Blazer V - 6 - the kind of low - speed hauling power you need for towing or tiptoeing along boulder - strewn trails.

Not exact matches

According to Dr Oberst, termites are up to 100 times «quieter» than their predators, almost tiptoeing while trotting along.

Martinez, too, tiptoed around the subject of their compatibility, admitting to Luyendyk Jr. that she has already wondered whether he will get along with her close pals.

I slow to a crawl through the small towns that pop up along the way — putting the AMG's active exhaust in its quieter mode and tiptoeing as to not excite the few dozen residents or their bored constabularies — but haul ass the rest of the time, collecting the fluorescent guts of fireflies on the AMG's steeply raked windshield.