How to Use tilt in a Sentence

tilt

1 of 2 verb
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  • Pick up the box and tilt it from side to side, so the marble rolls around.
    — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But all of a sudden our ship tilted to one side, to the right side.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Don’t tilt the blade sideways, which might cause a corner to dig in and scratch.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The green stretches about 30 yards wide and is tilted back to front.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2023
  • Soon, the arrival of a rebel warlord Jasper tilts the odds in Jabi’s favor.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • His eyes tilt up toward the camera while his chin pulls south.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The moon's orbit around Earth is tilted compared with Earth's around the sun.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The moon has drawn closer to Earth, and its orbit is tilted just so.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • In the shade of a coconut palm, Chandrika tilts her smartphone screen to avoid the sun’s glare.
    — Time, 27 July 2023
  • Hold the cap by the sides and with your head tilted forward, pull the cap over your forehead and move backwards.
    — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The console needs to tilt up and down so any size person can easily view the screen.
    — Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2021
  • With their approach, the researchers sought to tilt the scale back toward the healthier end.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 16 July 2023
  • One of the best parts of the razor’s design is the ability to tilt the head in order to rinse out any hairs between shaves.
    — Erika Veurink, wsj.com, 27 Dec. 2023
  • This is sort of like what’s happening to each half of the splitting boat, with each side tilting away from the center.
    — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
  • There are several theories on why dogs tilt their heads to the side.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Those players join Jones, who became one of the best returners in the NFL as a rookie and should do his part to help tilt the field again.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • The second pier tilted, resulting in the partial collapse of the bridge.
    — Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • All have easy access to the standard third row, as one push button scoots and tilts the second-row seat out of the way for access to the rearmost bench.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Be sure to tilt it at a 45 degree angle for the closest shave possible.
    — Alyssa Rotunno, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2023
  • While the plots can tilt toward the absurd, the south L.A. setting gives This Fool a distinct atmosphere.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • As soon as the momentum seemed to tilt toward James and the Lakers, Kerr called timeout and subbed Curry back in.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Yet some in the party have begun tilting further right.
    — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • Related Articles But Kerr’s pleas to tilt the spotlight off Thompson seem to resonate with the rest of the team, too.
    — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • This four-game weekend set – which tipped off with a back-and-forth affair Thursday – might tilt things for either club.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • The picture showed Phoenix's shirtless Fleck getting a shave, with his head tilted back over a sink at Arkham Asylum.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • As the plumeria grew larger and taller, the rose tilted and then kept tilting in a valiant attempt to capture its fair share of sunlight.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • His shot-making was just enough to keep the game from tilting too much toward the Pelicans early.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
  • During the equinoxes, Saturn’s rings are tilted more toward the sun.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
  • But there’s a unity to those Nineties scenes that tilts the emotional scales in their favor, even if the adult half features most of the best performances.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Hit a different switch, and the cabinets tilt away from the wall toward you, close enough to reach from a wheelchair or walker.
    — cincinnati.com, 11 Aug. 2022
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tilt

2 of 2 noun
  • The back one's tilt down, the front one's tilt up to stop the sheer forces in the fuselage.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Her chin tilt is the very axis on which the show spins.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • West of the city, the tops of rows of 6-foot pines tilt to the northeast, pointing to Idalia’s path.
    — James Call, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Now, there’s a bit more juice added to an already heavyweight tilt.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The challenge is how to quantify and harness that tilt, and that is where this ETF comes in.
    — Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Unlike climate change, seasons are caused by the rotation of the Earth around the sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis.
    — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • James has three games on his docket before getting to that home tilt against the Bucks.
    — cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The shift in Earth’s tilt is far too small to impact weather or seasons, Seo said.
    — Aara'l Yarber, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2023
  • Coach Scott Satterfield's Bearcats will have six home games and six away tilts.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This happens because the places the Sun’s rays touch change based on that rotation and tilt.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 21 Dec. 2022
  • This has to do with strong geomagnetic storms and the tilt of the Earth’s axis.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The Earth rotates on a 23.5-degree tilt while orbiting the sun.
    — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • This is a music stand with adjustable height and tilt that is meant to keep up your sheet music.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 29 Apr. 2021
  • And under the Evers map now in effect, six of those 16 districts have a strong GOP tilt.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Normally, that tilt means that when the moon moves between Earth and the sun, the three bodies are out of alignment.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Other units have tilt sensors that shut off before the heater falls.
    — Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Again, that tilt can be a contributor to low back pain.
    — Erin Warwood, Women's Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Prairie du Chien topped Aquinas 16-12 in a tough tilt in a Wisconsin high school football matchup.
    — Ledeai, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Pete: Master of the head tilt Pete the Poodle loves pets by the pool with poignant people!
    — The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In fetal surgery, the slightest squeeze or tilt of a scalpel can be the difference between life and death.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
  • This enables easy adjustment of the angle of the screen, including the height and tilt.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • And while that might seem weird enough, the tilt itself may be evidence of the Milky Way’s violent past.
    — WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Last season, Auburn’s closest game at home was in that top-25 tilt against Kentucky.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 25 Jan. 2023
  • For starters, the mop head swivels and tilts in every direction, making mopping your floors less of a chore.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2024
  • On one side of the stage, housing the band, is the dilapidated façade of a suburban home on a tilt, as if dropped from the sky.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2023
  • What to Consider The heel is nearly 4 inches high, but the platform reduces the tilt.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
  • There's a joystick nearby for thumb control of gimbal pan and tilt.
    — PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The princess seems to favor designs with a tilt, like this lovely number from the 2011 wedding of cousin Zara to Mike Tindall.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Reedsville topped Mishicot 7-6 in a tough tilt in Wisconsin high school football action on Aug. 18.
    — Ledeai, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The tilt drives the Earth's seasons, therefore causing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres to get unequal amounts of sunlight over the course of a year.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023

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