Sentence examples for Tap from inspiring English sources
The word "Tap" is correct in written English
It can be used to describe the action of touching something lightly or to refer to accessing a resource, such as tapping a phone screen or tapping into a resource. Example: "She decided to tap the screen to unlock her phone."
verb
To furnish with taps.
- If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!
It was a remark that made me think of when Spinal Tap played Rock'n'Roll Creation, each member emerging from pods, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers-style.
Some organisations need to tap into different skills and experience to create the right mix of talent to oversee new areas of work.
The premium iPhone-only smartwatch has more capabilities than most with a heart rate sensor and the ability to tap you on the wrist rather than simply shaking.
The Snowden files revealed intelligence-gathering is now being conducted on a grand scale, with the NSA and GCHQ exploiting advances in technology to tap into, store and analyse more and more information.
"There is definitely room for starchitects, but it's always better to tap into local culture rather than buy it from outside.
Others may say that to tap into the teenage girl demographic F1 should introduce vampires.
Beyoncé's major triumph was not to release an album with no marketing, nor even to tap the "no marketing angle as a marketing angle" angle, but – to employ the favoured imagery of many Beyoncé fans – to snatch the wig of victory from the scalp of defeat.
Best actress is Julianne Moore for Maps to the Stars A giant whoop in among the tappity-tap-tapping press as Julianne Moore takes the best actress prize for her grand-standing performance as a crazed Hollywood dame in David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars.
Moore, in his home debut, scored his first goal for Toronto with a tap-in in stoppage time after a defensive miscommunication.
Around the random murders, the film hones in on Berlin's melancholy, a landscape of puddles and prostitutes, a silent city – the hush broken by bells or shrieks, the tap-tap of a tool being sharpened, and haunted by the killer's eerie whistling of Grieg's "In the Hall of The Mountain King".
"No one gave up," said Müller, whose tap-in secured the victory.
