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  • And I wouldn't be able to tip-toe around the corner of every room to see him pouring over the latest edition and have him recount the stories of note or the pictures that moved him.

    Abigail Spencer: My Vanity Fair Moment Abigail Spencer 2011

  • And I wouldn't be able to tip-toe around the corner of every room to see him pouring over the latest edition and have him recount the stories of note or the pictures that moved him.

    Abigail Spencer: My Vanity Fair Moment Abigail Spencer 2011

  • She continued to tip-toe, on both feet now, as if it hadn't happened.

    Baby Blue Penny Goring 2011

  • And I wouldn't be able to tip-toe around the corner of every room to see him pouring over the latest edition and have him recount the stories of note or the pictures that moved him.

    Abigail Spencer: My Vanity Fair Moment Abigail Spencer 2011

  • Frequently the item we choose requires a teetering, tip-toe leap to be able on the third try to grasp the object of our frayed desires, which we then identify in the near light by holding it just under our noses.

    Good morning, Melaque: one day in a small Mexico beach town 2009

  • She kicked it aside and carried on dancing, keeping that one foot on tip-toe.

    Baby Blue Penny Goring 2011

  • The Renaissance entered Britain tardily, and on tip-toe.

    British architecture: The English Renaissance 2011

  • I love to tip-toe over the fallen petals, Smokey says, after my latest edible attack!

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • I love to tip-toe over the fallen petals, Smokey says, after my latest edible attack!

    bibi - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Frequently the item we choose requires a teetering, tip-toe leap to be able on the third try to grasp the object of our frayed desires, which we then identify in the near light by holding it just under our noses.

    Good morning, Melaque: one day in a small Mexico beach town 2009

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