Sentence examples for tilt from inspiring English sources

No mission to tilt us to armed neutrality, which is the only alternative to a treaty relationship with the world's, the region's, dominant maritime power.

Add a teaspoon of honey and, once that's melted, tilt the pan slightly and repeatedly spoon the hot mixture over the egg until the top of the yolk is just opaque.

Russia and the EU are closely monitoring the election, having offered major economic inducements to tilt Belarus in their direction.

But he has used his powers to change laws and gerrymander constituencies to tilt the system, making it much harder to defeat Fidesz at the ballot box.

What danger there had been, Simeone spotted, dropping Antoine Griezmann into left midfield and moving Saúl Ñíguez inside with Tiago Mendes and Koke, the balance tilting slightly, only to tilt back again.

Those most sympathetic to a referendum forced a shadow cabinet discussion a fortnight ago before Miliband's appearance on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show to tilt the party's European policy to make it clearer that Labour would keep its options open on a referendum, and not appear to be advocates of a status quo in Europe.

He would scrunch up his eyebrows, tilt his head and ask: "Are fairies really real?" "Are pirates really real?" "Are scientists really real?" As December loomed on the horizon, the inevitable occurred: "Is Father Christmas really real?" I certainly hope so, I replied, because otherwise where would all those presents come from?

The shock coming from America may not be large for the euro zone‐EM combined, but a slight weakening of a region or sub‐region may tilt the balance sharply in the opposite direction.

He has paraded his friendship with President Vladimir Putin, and signed a bunch of agreements, including military ones, which tilt Ukraine ever more towards the Russian camp.

The government encourages swap deals designed to restructure shaky conglomerates, and with Kia's technology added, Samsung's car operations might become attractive.The winning strategy may be decided by how much the government is willing to tilt the playing field; and in particular by what it does with the Kia group's $11 billion of debt, $3 billion bigger than the value of its assets.

The balance of power, already skewed, must not tilt too far in favour of one tribe.