Sentence examples for slight tips from inspiring English sources

There is something monasterial in this new family's home: low, slanted wood ceilings; a triptych formed in the reflection of a mirror; a hoodie in the shape of a halo — and it takes only slight tips of Ferrané's wife's head for the photos of her and the baby to resemble one famous "Madonna and Child" or another.

Each starts from a base of North Indian fare (still the presiding, if no longer de facto, cuisine of Indian restaurants in New York) with slight tips of the compass toward regions less known: Chettinad, Gujarat, the former princely state of Hyderabad.

William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions at Harvard College, considers them simply an "ever so slight tip".

Senator Edward Kennedy, who himself may have needed more than an ever so slight tip to get into Harvard, has introduced legislation requiring colleges to disclose the race and economic background of their legacy admissions.

A place at an elite university has become so precious a commodity that even a slight tip for the already fortunate feels as un-American as, say, the Republican campaign to repeal the estate tax.

But universities defend legacies on the grounds that having second- or third-generation kids on campus helps build a sense of continuity and tradition; that the slight tip to their children keeps alumni donors happy; and that, in any case, it's nobody's business but their own.

My SAT scores, grade-point average and nonexistent record of extracurricular activities would not have gained me admission to Harvard back in 1972 were it not for what William Fitzsimmons, Harvard's current director of admissions, has delicately described as the "ever so slight tip" traditionally granted to children of alumni.

If you are going to offer a "slight tip" to anyone, why offer it to people who are already on the inside track who not only come from privileged homes, but also have an insider's knowledge of how the admissions system works?There are signs that patience with this practice is wearing thin.

Be courteous to everyone, and acknowledge strangers or new acquaintances with a slight tip of your head or a small smile.

Now, if you get even the slightest tip about someone worth listening to you can go on Spotify and hear them.

It made them the first visitors to Goodison to score twice since November and Martínez, typically forgiving past slights, tipped his old club to survive.