Sentence examples for were the tip of from inspiring English sources

"The phone calls were the tip of the iceberg.

Special Forces were the tip of the spear when the United States invaded Afghanistan in October 2001.

Len McCluskey, leader of the Unite union, said that those taking part were the "tip of the iceberg".

They were the tip of an iceberg.The world's first in vitro baby was born in Oldham 33 years ago.

The landmark murders in Sharpeville and Soweto were the tip of the iceberg – the disappearance of activists and the torture of detainees became a feature of everyday life.

The Jammu-Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, a human rights group, said the police figures, the first official numbers ever released, were the tip of the iceberg.

"It's the tip of the iceberg".

It is the tip of an iceberg.

That is the tip of it.

"She is the tip of the spear".

That's the tip of the iceberg.