Sentence examples for only to dip from inspiring English sources

Young, talented and tall, Thomas needed only to dip his left shoulder for a possible layup, dunk or foul.

Santana ran the count full against the next hitter, Matt Holliday, only to dip out of danger again by striking out Holliday on a chest-high changeup.

Another of Jeffers's "adult" projects is a series of dipped paintings; he finds subjects, interviews them extensively, then paints their portrait – only to dip half the image in a bucket of paint so it is lost forever.

But he has made no effort to do either.That said, most gay Americans above a certain age have only to dip into their memories for proof that their country has grown dramatically more tolerant.

As far back as he could remember, he had known the answers — his life had floated on a great ocean of understanding, and he'd had only to dip his cup.

She has only to dip in a swoon in the first duet, to weep in a brief solo, to throw herself toward Mr. Tewsley in an arched shape to register the passion below the surface.

Resi 7, which shares both narrative and atmospheric DNA with Capcom's Kitchen demo of last year, might only be a short-runtime affair, (available now through the PS Plus service), but you only need to dip a toe into YouTube to see how players are already exploring all of its hidden collectibles and secret endings, extending its longevity.

Resi 7, which shares both narrative and atmospheric DNA with Capcom's Kitchen demo of last year, might only be a short-run-time affair, (available now through the PS Plus service) but you only need to dip a toe into YouTube to see how players are already exploring all of its hidden collectibles and secret endings, extending its longevity.

But Mr. Levy only began to dip his toe into issues of teaching and learning, and those are the issues that would be likely to affect the long-term success of his tenure as chancellor.

The Federal Reserve had already indicated it would gradually end its $85bn a month quantatative easing stimulus scheme and Ms Foley said it would lose credibility if it now did otherwise: "People are anticipating that they will [taper] but probably only going to dip their toe in".

In practice, Alonso could only finish 10th quickest, 1,235secs down on Vettel's pace as the German was the only driver to dip below the one minute 34secs mark.