How to Use tip over in a Sentence

tip over

phrasal verb

• At the shot, the 9-pointer ran 50 yards and tipped over.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
• High chairs should have a wide base that can’t be tipped over or knocked around.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 15 Sep. 2023
• The fire was caused by a camp stove that tipped over and was burning north toward the park.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• The crush and chaos caused the bucket to tip over, spilling the boiling liquid on her body.
  — Maggie Levantovskaya, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2023
• There were thousands of tips over the years, police said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 26 July 2023
• One of the spacecraft’s legs snagged the surface and the whole thing tipped over, landing on its side.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024
• Squeeze your glutes and abs to keep yourself from tipping over off the bench.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
• The truck tipped over on the Perimeter near Northside Drive around 6:10 p.m., according to the ...
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 14 Sep. 2023
• But Take Note The lightweight chairs tended to tip over, posing a risk of falls.
  — Samantha McIntyre, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
• Many of the tombstones in the historic cemetery bear dates from the 1800s, but now many are broken, tipped over and trashed.
  — Josh Lederman, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Early on December 25, the booster tipped over on the drone ship due to high winds and waves, SpaceX said.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
• The models reached the end and posed under a spotlight, in front of a trash can that had been purposely tipped over.
  — Chicago Tribune, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2024
• Farage has had a milkshake tipped over his head and objects thrown at his open-top campaign bus in the past two weeks.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 16 June 2024
• The screen has metal legs that keep it rooted and prevent it from tipping over.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2023
• In fact, the glow of the Milky Way looks like steam coming from the teapot, which is tipped over and ready to pour boiling water onto the tail of Scorpius!
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2023
• In many of the cases, infants hurt their heads after rockers tipped over.
  — Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• In other words, the squirrelly landing caused the spacecraft to tip over.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024
• The sturdiness of both the chairs and table was assessed, as well as any tendency to tip over or slip on hard floors.
  — Samantha McIntyre, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
• In the most offensive instances, the cups tipped over completely.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• The pink piano was found broken and tipped over Saturday in the Southwest Portland park.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• Plus, the mat fits great in the trunk of a car, which can make trips from the local plant nursery a lot less stress-inducing when your new plant friend inevitably tips over.
  — Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
• Workers used stone axes to pummel away (not cut, as with metal axes) at the base of trunks until the trees could be tipped over.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
• At least 14 rail cars tipped over or sustained damage, Fish and Wildlife officials said.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
• Back at the Webber Cemetery, beneath the border wall, Ms. Bravo tidies flowers that tipped over in the wind.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
• At least eight items can be stored in each bin (depending on their size), and the sides are high enough to prevent them from falling out or tipping over.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• The ceiling has been broken into, construction equipment has been stolen, and the on-site port-a-potty has been tipped over.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2023
• Another was pinned under a tractor that had tipped over.
  — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
• The tablet almost appears to levitate when viewed from the front, and the weight of its sturdy base adds just enough balance to prevent it from tipping over.
  — Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2024
• Then, late one November night in 2006, the chaos tipped over into disaster.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
• At that very moment, one of the students’ boats tipped over and its mast hit the vessel’s throttle, knocking the instructor into the water.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Sep 2024