How to Use tilt at in a Sentence

tilt at

phrasal verb

• Some wings tilt at odd angles; others seem about to split in two.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• Made from bamboo, this bench folds up and has sturdy hinges on legs that tilt at 5 degrees.
  — Isabella Ubaldi, Health, 14 June 2023
• That Donald Trump is alive today is only a result of sheer luck — a bullet that missed by less than an inch, a head tilt at the right split second.
  — The Editors, National Review, 17 July 2024
• The reptile was the reason why their artwork had been tilted at an angle away from the wall, a zookeeper identified as Dan Rumsey explained in the clip.
  — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
• And who could criticize him for sticking to his career instead of begging for ridicule by tilting at social windmills?
  — Jim Sleeper, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
• Buildings across the island nation tilt at odd angles and threaten to collapse as workers attempt to stabilize the structures.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Designed to operate at 360 degrees, it can be tilted at all kinds of angles without leaking water.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
• With talks uncertain and a Rafah attack looming, Netanyahu tilts at an elusive victory.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 7 May 2024
• The next several months are likely to reveal whether Warner Bros. Discovery is tilting at windmills.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 June 2023
• On the equinox, the Earth's axis is tilted at the perfect angle to create nearly equal amounts of daylight and darkness at all latitudes, according to the National Weather Service.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
• The two lines may have unequal lengths, or instead of being perfectly horizontal or vertical, they could be tilted at an angle.
  — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
• The two lines may have unequal lengths, or instead of being perfectly horizontal or vertical, they could be tilted at an angle.
  — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
• In fact, heat has been associated with physical and emotional endurance since the earliest modern novels—Don Quixote was very much toughing it out on his way to tilt at windmills.
  — Umair Irfan, WIRED, 20 July 2024
• In fact, heat has been associated with physical and emotional endurance since the earliest modern novels — Don Quixote was very much toughing it out on his way to tilt at windmills.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 11 July 2024
• For generations, its window frames had slanted sideways and its walls seemed to tilt at a near gravity-defying angle, delighting both patrons and passers-by.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• But Fox Nation, once largely seeded with programming that tackled news and politics, has been tilting at lifestyle and documentary programming for months.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
• For a man who was appointed as home minister after the 2008 attacks because of his reputation for effective administration, Chidambaram has been tilting at windmills, wanting to change things but achieving little.
  — Sunil Dasgupta, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2011
• That sense of community can ultimately keep writers tilting at the windmills of independent film distribution and learning something every time.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 June 2024
• Left unsaid is that senior Labor officials, including Herzog, would become ministers, gain valuable government experience and national relevance, and leave behind the thankless opposition role of tilting at windmills.
  — Neri Zilber, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2016

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024