Sentence examples for words dip from inspiring English sources

And suggesting that other D words — dip, downturn, even depression — didn't sufficiently reflect reality, perhaps because they connote temporary fluctuations instead of an inexorable arc.

There is something a bit 80s about the word "dip".

Contrary to what the word "dip" implies, professionals rarely actually soak silver in these products, or at least not for long.

The word dips and curls around his still-strong Iranian accent.

The birds are, in the words of Dip Unit, fried hard, in a thin jacket of buttermilk-flour batter, and spiked gently with chile heat.

"It's difficult to generate a list of interesting words without dipping too far into the 'remedial' and 'too obscure to ever be useful' categories," said Garth Snyder, a longtime subscriber who is a medical and business student at the University of Rochester.

In other words, Dynegy dipped its toes in the California deep enough to make a buck or two, but not too deep to drown.

In between downpours and salt baths -- that's Beverly the lovely housekeeper's word for dips in the ocean -- we roused ourselves for a short walk up the iguana nature trail, one of three small hilly promontories jutting out from the island.

Some people hear the words "French onion dip" and think tacky, outdated, and boring.

I hear the words "French onion dip" and immediately start panicking about how many chips are on hand -- and whether we could ever have enough -- because I want to eat all of it.

Big society was picked ahead of a shortlist of words including double-dip, vuvuzela, Tea Party, preloading, upcycling and showmance.